code: def _filtercomment(
              self,
              sql):
          "Get rid of comments starting with --"
          import os
          fsql = ''
          for line in sql.split('\n'):
              fsql += line.split('--')[0] + ' ' + os.linesep
          return fsqf _filtercomment(
              self,
              sql):
          "Get rid of comments starting with --"
          import os
          fsql = ''
          for line in sql.split('\n'):
              fsql += line.split('--')[0] + ' ' + os.linesep
          return fsql
docs: Get rid of comments starting with --