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'y' command doesn't allow a comment after it one the same line

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From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: Thorsten Heymann <hek2mgl <at> metashock.net>
Cc: 22460 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22460: 'y' command doesn't allow a comment after it one the same line
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 03:04:27 +0000

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Hello Thorsten,

Sorry for the delayed response.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 02:28:22AM +0100, Thorsten Heymann wrote:
>Unlike other commands, the current implementation of the 'y' command does
>not allow a comment on the same line if the command is not
>"terminated" by a ';'

That is indeed a bug, and a rather old one.

Your suggested fix is correct, but I thought that instead of
duplicating the same few lines, it might be better to extract
the code to a new function.

The attached patch does that and adds a corresponding unit test.

Comments welcomed,
- assaf

[0001-sed-allow-comments-braces-after-y.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]

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