[Rd] unbelievable parser bug (PR#956)

[Friedrich Leisch]

>>>>> On Tue, 29 May 2001 14:25:19 +0200 (MET DST),
>>>>> maechler  (m) wrote:

  > close to ``unbelievable'' but the following line
  > is not parsed correctly but gives a syntax error :

  >     x <- 1  ## A = 1


what you don't see is that the ``spaces'' before the comment are no
spaces: if I copy & paste the thing to a vi buffer I see:

	 x <- 1\xa0\xa0## A = 1

...

I got the idea from sequentially deleting characters:

> x <- 1  ## A = 1
Error: syntax error
> x <- 1  # A = 1
Error: syntax error
> x <- 1  # A    
Error: syntax error
> x <- 1  #   
Error: syntax error
> x <- 1 
Error: syntax error


especially the last one look nice IMO ...

.f


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