bug#22460: 'y' command doesn't allow a comment after it one the same line

[Assaf Gordon]

Hello Thorsten,

Sorry for the delayed response.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 02:28:22AM +0100, Thorsten Heymann wrote:
> Unlike other commands, the current implementation of the 'y' command does
> not allow a comment on the same line if the command is not
> "terminated" by a ';'

That is indeed a bug, and a rather old one.

Your suggested fix is correct, but I thought that instead of
duplicating the same few lines, it might be better to extract
the code to a new function.

The attached patch does that and adds a corresponding unit test.

Comments welcomed,
- assaf

0001-sed-allow-comments-braces-after-y.patch
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