From 44e15da92cbdefdd345a9d5bd495010e85e1378b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "John W. Parent" <45471568+johnwparent@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 12:43:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Spack on Windows: spack.bat comment syntax (#36531)

Comments must start with `rem` in most cases.
---
 bin/spack.bat | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/spack.bat b/bin/spack.bat
index 2c2947ac0f..514c2706d7 100644
--- a/bin/spack.bat
+++ b/bin/spack.bat
@@ -60,28 +60,28 @@ setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
 :: capture cl args in variable named cl_args
 set cl_args=%*
 :process_cl_args
-:: tokens=1* returns the first processed token produced
-:: by tokenizing the input string cl_args on spaces into
-:: the named variable %%g
-:: While this make look like a for loop, it only
-:: executes a single time for each of the cl args
-:: the actual iterative loop is performed by the
-:: goto process_cl_args stanza
-:: we are simply leveraging the "for" method's string
-:: tokenization
+rem  tokens=1* returns the first processed token produced
+rem  by tokenizing the input string cl_args on spaces into
+rem  the named variable %%g
+rem  While this make look like a for loop, it only
+rem  executes a single time for each of the cl args
+rem  the actual iterative loop is performed by the
+rem  goto process_cl_args stanza
+rem  we are simply leveraging the "for" method's string
+rem  tokenization
 for /f "tokens=1*" %%g in ("%cl_args%") do (
     set t=%%~g
-    :: remainder of string is composed into %%h
-    :: these are the cl args yet to be processed
-    :: assign cl_args var to only the args to be processed
-    :: effectively discarding the current arg %%g
-    :: this will be nul when we have no further tokens to process
+    rem  remainder of string is composed into %%h
+    rem  these are the cl args yet to be processed
+    rem  assign cl_args var to only the args to be processed
+    rem  effectively discarding the current arg %%g
+    rem  this will be nul when we have no further tokens to process
     set cl_args=%%h
-    :: process the first space delineated cl arg
-    :: of this iteration
+    rem  process the first space delineated cl arg
+    rem  of this iteration
     if "!t:~0,1!" == "-" (
         if defined _sp_subcommand (
-            :: We already have a subcommand, processing args now
+            rem  We already have a subcommand, processing args now
             if not defined _sp_args (
                 set "_sp_args=!t!"
             ) else (
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@ for /f "tokens=1*" %%g in ("%cl_args%") do (
         )
     )
 )
-:: if this is not nil, we have more tokens to process
-:: start above process again with remaining unprocessed cl args
+rem  if this is not nil, we have more tokens to process
+rem  start above process again with remaining unprocessed cl args
 if defined cl_args goto :process_cl_args