Single Pound # comments versus Double Pound ## comments

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On Friday 04 October 2002 12:12, Manuel M. Garcia wrote:
> In Python code, does anyone distinguish between starting comments with
> a single pound (#) or a double pound (##)?
> ActivePython colorizes them differently (# - green, ## - gray), and
> not understanding the distinction implied is bugging me.

My guess is it sees ## as "I am commenting out this block of code 
temporarily".  I have also seen people use ## for block comments above a 
function or tricky piece of code.