Don't put four empty lines between top-level functions split by a comment

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61498b2abfa1aca5c099a15d1b872ed75dddf94b..0ccef300630c34294b3d7d198dd361ca80a320a8 100644 (file)
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ More details can be found in [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 * remove a trailing comma if there is a single argument to a call
 
+* if top level functions were separated by a comment, don't put four
+  empty lines after the upper function
+
 * fixed missing space in numpy-style array indexing (#33)
 
 * fixed spurious space after star-based unary expressions (#31)

diff --git a/black.py b/black.py
index 10346a9143c4e490d7fb6a8f314cc00a94e9664a..0fe8fef255be119d3569071404544b153d5ce89f 100644 (file)
--- a/black.py
+++ b/black.py
@@ -628,6 +628,10 @@ class EmptyLineTracker:
         (two on module-level), as well as providing an extra empty line after flow
         control keywords to make them more prominent.
         """
+        if current_line.is_comment:
+            # Don't count standalone comments towards previous empty lines.
+            return 0, 0
+
         before, after = self._maybe_empty_lines(current_line)
         self.previous_after = after
         self.previous_line = current_line