On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 7:59 AM Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> wrote: > > COMMENT at the start of a line (optionally preceded by whitespace) begins > > a comment. > > * at the start of a line (optionally preceded by whitespace) begins a > > comment. > > In general, comments are terminated by the end of a line. > > That would mean that the doc needs to be fixed, since it says at > https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/COMMENT.html: > > COMMENT can extend over any number of lines. Don’t forget to terminate > it with a dot or a blank line. > > I don't fully understand what `segmenter_parse_comment_1__` does in > `src/language/lexer/segment.c` but it seems to suggest that the doc is > right, yet the `t-test.sps` file strongly suggests that the reality > is different. > > Could someone enlighten me as to the actual syntax of comments for .sps > files (maybe it's not defined in `src/language/lexer/segment.c` but in > some other file)?
I think that my parallel contribution to the thread here explains this, but if not then please do ask for clarification.
