(SD 1.5.4.59.40) Compilation with coment - success with compilation error

Question

Hi!
If I run this script:
create table t(n number);
create or replace
TRIGGER t1
-- Coment wiсh work!
BEFORE UPDATE ON t
REFERENCING OLD AS OLD NEW AS NEW FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
past_due EXCEPTION;
begin
if 1 = 1 then
raise_application_error(-20001, 'First trigger!' , TRUE);
end if;
end t1;
+/+
create or replace
-- Coment with error
TRIGGER t2
BEFORE UPDATE ON t
REFERENCING OLD AS OLD NEW AS NEW FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
past_due EXCEPTION;
begin
if 1 <> 1 then
raise_application_error(-20001, 'Second trigger!' , TRUE);
end if;
end;
+/+
Result:
+SQL Command: create or replace --+
Failed: ORA-24344: success with compilation error
+24344. 00000 - "success with compilation error"+
*Cause:    A sql/plsql compilation error occurred.+
*Action:   Return OCI_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO along with the error code+
anonymous block completed
trigger text in SLD Developer:
create or replace TRIGGER t2
BEFORE UPDATE ON t
REFERENCING OLD AS OLD NEW AS NEW FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE
past_due EXCEPTION

Answer 1

It looks to me like there is a bug in the logic that determines if the current statement is SQL (terminated by ";") or PL/SQL (terminated by "/") - putting the comment before the object type you are creating is causing SQL Developer to assume it is SQL and it stops the statement at the first ";".
The same thing happens if you try to create a package with a comment between the "create or replace" and the "package", for example:
create or replace
-- comment
package xxx_pkg
i number;
j number;
end;
/creates a package with the following source, executing as a statement (so long as the cursor is between the create and the first ";"):
package xxx_pkg
i numbertheFurryOne