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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md index 3cc43917..71fb35ec 100644 --- a/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ of only supporting one ``pyscript`` interface. This simplifies future maintenance. * No longer supporting C-style comments. Hash (#) is the only valid comment marker. * No longer supporting comments embedded in a command. Only command line input where the first - non-whitespace character is a # will be treated as a comment. + non-whitespace character is a # will be treated as a comment. This means any # character appearing + later in the command will be treated as a literal. The same applies to a # in the middle of a multiline + command, even if it is the first character on a line. * \# this is a comment * this # is not a comment diff --git a/docs/freefeatures.rst b/docs/freefeatures.rst index c6463d8f..9e8c2cbf 100644 --- a/docs/freefeatures.rst +++ b/docs/freefeatures.rst @@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ Comments ======== Any command line input where the first non-whitespace character is a # will be treated as a comment. +This means any # character appearing later in the command will be treated as a literal. The same +applies to a # in the middle of a multiline command, even if it is the first character on a line. + Comments can be useful in :ref:`scripts`, but would be pointless within an interactive session. :: |