# HG changeset patch
# User wenzelm
# Date 1516090336 -3600
# Node ID f075640b8868ce85f703bc17df1fc5129d93111d
# Parent  cafbb63f10e57d42898e6f7802c09b3d9c7eeb11
uniform treatment of old-style and new-style comments;

diff -r cafbb63f10e5 -r f075640b8868 src/Pure/Tools/update_comments.scala
--- a/src/Pure/Tools/update_comments.scala	Tue Jan 16 09:08:06 2018 +0100
+++ b/src/Pure/Tools/update_comments.scala	Tue Jan 16 09:12:16 2018 +0100
@@ -14,16 +14,21 @@
 {
   def update_comments(path: Path)
   {
+    def make_comment(tok: Token): String =
+      Symbol.comment + Symbol.space + Symbol.cartouche(Symbol.trim_blanks(tok.content))
+
     @tailrec def update(toks: List[Token], result: List[String]): String =
     {
       toks match {
-        case tok :: rest if tok.source == "--" || tok.source == Symbol.comment =>
+        case tok :: rest
+        if tok.source == "--" || tok.source == Symbol.comment =>
           rest.dropWhile(_.is_space) match {
             case tok1 :: rest1 if tok1.is_text =>
-              val txt = Symbol.trim_blanks(tok1.content)
-              update(rest1, (Symbol.comment + Symbol.space + Symbol.cartouche(txt)) :: result)
+              update(rest1, make_comment(tok1) :: result)
             case _ => update(rest, tok.source :: result)
           }
+        case tok :: rest if tok.is_formal_comment && tok.source.startsWith(Symbol.comment) =>
+          update(rest, make_comment(tok) :: result)
         case tok :: rest => update(rest, tok.source :: result)
         case Nil => result.reverse.mkString
       }