Re: '#####' comment handling in aclocal

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Peter,

* Peter Simons wrote on Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 01:20:51PM CEST:
> 
> It appears that aclocal strips those "##### ..." comments while
> copying the macros into the generated aclocal.m4 file.
> 
> I was wondering whether this behavior is intentional and,
> assuming that it is, what the rationale behind this decision
> might be. I'd appreciate any feedback on this matter.

This behavior is documented at the end of
<http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/General-Operation.html>
and IIRC the rationale is that one may want to have comments that should
not appear in the generated files, such as the example in the manual.

Is there a technical reason you have to use "##### ..."?
You could otherwise just insert a blank after the first hash.

Cheers,
Ralf