correct placed comments have effects on the compilation process

[nomoral]

hello

the following code does not compile:

$("body").on "namespace-" + event,
    ###
     <|line: 19|> 
    ###
    () -> handler()

but the following does:

$("body").on "namespace-" + event,
    () -> handler()

the idea of comments (my interpretation) is that they are separated from the code.
they are like removed from the code leaving no effect.

[goto-bus-stop]

Block comments aren't, in CoffeeScript.

[michaelficarra]

See #2025 and many, many others.

[erisdev]

I think block comments should be removed from the language. They are the source of a lot of erroneous "bug" reports like this one and are honestly kinda hard to use.

[michaelficarra]

@erisdiscord: Not removed, but made into actual comments. They should be thrown out at the lexer/preprocessor phase.

[nomoral]

@michaelficarra: yes, thats exactly how i think
a comment should not have any side effects and be invisible to the compiler
to write a comment on the output javascript you can use a special function or something else that is not called "comment"

[GeoffreyBooth]

This is fixed via #4572. Sorry it took awhile.