its possible to define nested multiple line expressions such as:

v =. (4 : 0) (3 : 0) 
+: y
) 
x+y
) 
  2 v 3 
8

 A problem is that you cannot place even a comment on the same line as a 
closing ')'

It would seem to be a simple modification to the parser to check for the first 
character of a line to be ')' or ':', and the parser already takes out any 
trailing blanks, so a simple useful change might be to strip out trailing 
comments (first) and (then) blanks.

This would have the added benefit of including documentation that is not 
inserted into the function, which commenting what part of an expression ')' is 
closing should not be anyway.

Any arguments against this change?
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