On 06/06/2012 05:04 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:

So would there be any objection to simplifying the parser so that it discards comments (except for the first block that defines the docstring for a function; we would continue to store that as needed)? Can anyone think of trouble that this change would cause?

I think that this is reasonable.  It is useful to have the input source,
but this is retained for most purposes anyhow.  Simplifying the parser
has substantial value, too.  I vote for making this change.

mdg