R help - Feb 2002 - scan(...comment.char="#") breaks my code

I've just discovered the recent addition of the comment.char arg to scan, a 
useful feature no doubt but the default value of # rather than ""
breaks my
code which looks for # as a delimeter in a file and provides a messy 
incompatability with earlier versions of R and with Splus.   

Is there any chance that this default could be changed to ""?
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Steve Cassidy........Computing, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Steve Cassidy wrote:
> I've just discovered the recent addition of the comment.char arg to
scan, a
> useful feature no doubt but the default value of # rather than ""
breaks my
> code which looks for # as a delimeter in a file and provides a messy
> incompatability with earlier versions of R and with Splus.
>
> Is there any chance that this default could be changed to ""?
It already has been. The NEWS for R-patched / R-devel says:

    o   The default has been changed to scan(comment.char="") for
        consistency with earlier code (as in the previous item).


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