[syslinux] comment syntax

[Steve Brown]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2010, Ferenc Wagner wrote:

> Gene Cumm <gene.cumm at gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 00:33, Prof S W Damle <swdamle at bsnl.in> wrote:
>
>>  ##  menu label ^0. xxxx  -->This IS displayed
>
> Of course.  Bad syntax.  You _must_ use "# " to make a comment and may
> not use "## " as is stated in doc/syslinux.txt

Why is this, btw?  It's rather counterintuitive.  Is there a reason
against letting a single # turn the rest of the line into a comment,
as usual in some other scripting languages?

Well, without the trailing space requirement, then the diglyph "#!" 
wouldn't be picked up as special, either.  I also have a vague feeling 
that the "##" diglyph is special in some language I've seen.

Steve Brown
sbrown7 at umbc.edu