--- parser3/src/classes/table.C	2001/09/06 06:11:13	1.110
+++ parser3/src/classes/table.C	2001/10/02 15:40:32	1.118
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 	Parser: @b table parser class.
 
 	Copyright (c) 2001 ArtLebedev Group (http://www.artlebedev.com)
-
 	Author: Alexander Petrosyan <paf@design.ru> (http://design.ru/paf)
+
+	$Id: table.C,v 1.118 2001/10/02 15:40:32 parser Exp $
 */
-static const char *RCSId="$Id: table.C,v 1.110 2001/09/06 06:11:13 parser Exp $"; 
 
 #include "classes.h"
 #include "pa_config_includes.h"
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static void _set(Request& r, const Strin
 	while(i.has_next()) {
 		Array& row=*new(pool) Array(pool);
 		const String& string=*i.next_string();
-		// remove empty lines
+		// remove comment lines
 		if(!string.size())
 			continue;
 
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ static void _load(Request& r, const Stri
 	Table& table=*new(pool) Table(pool, &method_name, columns);
 	char *row_chars;
 	while(row_chars=getrow(&data)) {
-		if(!*row_chars) // remove empty lines
+		// remove empty&comment lines
+		if(!*row_chars || *row_chars == '#')
 			continue;
 		Array *row=new(pool) Array(pool);
 		while(char *cell_chars=lsplit(&row_chars, '\t')) {
@@ -342,13 +343,6 @@ static void _menu(Request& r, const Stri
 	table.set_current(saved_current);
 }
 
-static void _empty(Request& r, const String& method_name, MethodParams *params) {
-	Pool& pool=r.pool();
-	Table& table=static_cast<VTable *>(r.self)->table();
-	
-	r.write_no_lang(*new(pool) VBool(pool, table.size()==0));
-}
-
 #ifndef DOXYGEN
 struct Row_info {
 	Table *table;
@@ -477,7 +471,8 @@ static void _sort(Request& r, const Stri
 	for(i=0; i<old_table.size(); i++)
 		new_table+=seq[reverse?old_table.size()-1-i:i].row;
 
-	r.write_no_lang(*new(pool) VTable(pool, &new_table));
+	// replace any previous table value
+	static_cast<VTable *>(r.self)->set_table(new_table);
 }
 
 static void _locate(Request& r, const String& method_name, MethodParams *params) {
@@ -718,9 +713,6 @@ MTable::MTable(Pool& apool) : Methoded(a
 	// ^table.menu{code}[delim]
 	add_native_method("menu", Method::CT_DYNAMIC, _menu, 1, 2);
 
-	// ^table.empty[]
-	add_native_method("empty", Method::CT_DYNAMIC, _empty, 0, 0);
-
 	// ^table:hash[key field name]
 	// ^table:hash[key field name][value field name;...]
 	add_native_method("hash", Method::CT_DYNAMIC, _hash, 1, 1000);