Commenting out a line of a multiline script block

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If someone of you didn't realize this until now as I did:
Comments after the line continuation char "\" in multiline strings/commands are allowed.
(I learned that in another thread here.)

So I gradually have found by that a method to comment out a line of a multiline block:
Just prepend the line with "\--" (or "\#" or "\//"):

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function hallo
  return "" & \
        \-- "I am a commented line" &cr& \
        "See you later alligator!"
end hallo

function decisionRule p,q,r
  return ((p is not r) and (q is not r)) \
         \-- OR ((p is q) and (q is r)) \ 
        OR ((p is r) and (q is not p))
end decisionRule

It's so obvious, I gave up too early when the usual prepending of "--" didn't work.

[mwieder]

Great! This solves an ongoing problem for me. Thanks.