# as comment

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Jifl,

> I notice that the GAS info files include this about '#' comments:
> -=-=-=-=-
>    If the first non-whitespace characters on the line are not numeric,
> the line is ignored.  (Just like a comment.)
> 
>                                # This is an ordinary comment.
>      # 42-6 "new_file_name"    # New logical file name
>                                # This is logical line # 36.
>    This feature is deprecated, and may disappear from future versions
> of `as'.
> -=-=-=-=-
> 
> Which is deprecated: the use of a numeric with a #, or # comments entirely?

The use of a numeric with a #.

Although looking at the actual code itself I do not see any comments
about the feature being deprecated, so I guess that it will not be
disappearing in a hurry.

Cheers
        Nick