Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Kevin Ryde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
>>The manual says the !# is supposed to appear on a line on its own. Do
>>you think you need it joined on?
>
>
> I think I should have read the manual more carefully. ;-) Indeed, `!#'
> needs to be on a line on its own, so the bug I described above is not an
> actual bug, it's a feature.
>
> Still, I don't understand the rationale behind this and I consider this
> a limitation. In fact, it's misleading compared to block comments in
> other languages or in SRFI-30.
I agree with you. I think the rationale for the status quo is actually
just historical accident, reflecting that the support for #! ... !# was
initially designed only for the `#! /usr/local/bin/guile' line at the
beginning of a script file. But it surely much more useful for #! ...
!# comments to work as you suggest, and I can't see any downside from
making them do so.
Neil
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