diff -r 91eb70983697 -r 14c75970840e src/lemon/lemon_reader.h
--- a/src/lemon/lemon_reader.h	Wed May 18 09:39:06 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/lemon/lemon_reader.h	Wed May 18 13:02:47 2005 +0000
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
   /// header line of the section. Each next lines belong to this section
   /// while it does not starts with \c \@ character. This line can start a 
   /// new section or if it can close the file with the \c \@end line.
-  /// The file format ignore the empty lines and it may contain comments
-  /// started with a \c # character to the end of the line. 
+  /// The file format ignore the empty and comment lines. The line is
+  /// comment line if it starts with a \c # character. 
   ///
   /// The framework provides an abstract LemonReader::SectionReader class
   /// what defines the interface of a SectionReader. The SectionReader
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@
   /// decides if it want to process the next section. Several SectionReaders
   /// can be attached to an LemonReader and the first attached what can
   /// process the section will be used. Its \c read() member will called
-  /// with a stream contains the section. From this stream the empty lines
-  /// and comments are filtered out.
+  /// with a stream contains the section. From this stream the empty and
+  /// comment lines are filtered out.
   ///
   /// \relates GraphReader
   /// \relates NodeSetReader
@@ -133,9 +133,8 @@
 
       enum skip_state_type {
 	no_skip,
-	after_comment,
 	after_endl,
-	empty_line
+	comment_line
       };
 
       char_type small_buf[1];
@@ -180,20 +179,9 @@
 	  case '\n': 
 	    skip_state = after_endl;
 	    return true;
-	  case '#':
-	    skip_state = after_comment;
-	    return false;
 	  default:
 	    return true;
 	  }
-	case after_comment:
-	  switch (c) {
-	  case '\n': 
-	    skip_state = after_endl;
-	    return true;
-	  default:
-	    return false;
-	  }        
 	case after_endl:
 	  switch (c) {
 	  case '@':
@@ -201,7 +189,7 @@
 	  case '\n': 
 	    return false;
 	  case '#':
-	    skip_state = empty_line;
+	    skip_state = comment_line;
 	    return false;
 	  default:
 	    if (!isspace(c)) {
@@ -212,7 +200,7 @@
 	    }
 	  }
 	  break;
-	case empty_line:
+	case comment_line:
 	  switch (c) {
 	  case '\n': 
 	    skip_state = after_endl;