Re:
> As I wrote above, the CI does not know the command is a comment
> command until it has resolved variables (well, at least until

Well, in the case of the "#" comment, it would be easy to throw it out
as a comment *WITHOUT* subsequent variable resolution ... you know when
you find that first non-blank that it's a comment.  (Of course, you
could do COMMENT resolution similarly.)

Note that that change would not prevent the CI from *subsequently* recognizing
comments as it does today.
I.e., the "setvar x '#'" technique would still work just fine.
(Yes, someone might complain that variable resolution inside *that* kind
of comment is a problem, but tough luck :)

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