parsing comments in scripts

[Dar Scott]

On Dec 12, 2004, at 1:29 PM, Mark Wieder wrote:

> DS> The feature is a by-product of the compiler ignoring top level 
> lines
> DS> that are not top level constructs or commands in Transcript.
>
> Ah - so this "feature" is actually tied into your postings about junk
> in scripts?

Yes.

And it also ties to recent discussion on parsing scripts.  Should a 
preprocessor allow for uncommented junk at the top level, or should it 
assume a clean script?

Dar

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