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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Copyright 2018 Steven Watanabe
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+# Tests the parsing of tokens
+
+import BoostBuild
+
+t = BoostBuild.Tester(pass_toolset=0)
+
+t.write("file.jam", """\
+rule test1 ( args * )
+{
+    EXIT $(args) : 0 ;
+}
+
+test1
+a # a comment
+# another comment
+b
+c #| a multiline comment |# d
+#| another
+multiline
+comment
+|#
+e "#f" ;
+""")
+
+t.run_build_system(["-ffile.jam"], stdout="""\
+a b c d e #f
+""")
+
+t.cleanup()