I noticed this when trying to put together a demo diagram for a different question on the forum, and thought maybe the PlantUML people would like to be aware of it.
I can define a package like this:
@startuml
' this is a comment
package "Package" <<FooBar Component>>
{
class HarpoFred
class FredFileProcessor
class FredResponseHandler
}
@enduml
But if I put the comment at the end of the package line, I get an error:
@startuml
package "Package" <<FooBar Component>> ' this is a comment
{
class HarpoFred
class FredFileProcessor
class FredResponseHandler
}
@enduml
The Common Commands chapter in the manual says "Everything that starts with simple quote ' is a comment", and my understanding is that comments are like whitespace (I am coming from C). So I expected from "' this" to the end of the line to be like a space, and have no effect, but that is not what happens. Or is there some syntax that I am misunderstanding?
