Moved is_comment to a global namespace

montepy/input_parser/input_syntax_reader.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from montepy.input_parser.input_file import MCNP_InputFile
 from montepy.input_parser.mcnp_input import Input, Message, ReadInput, Title
 from montepy.input_parser.read_parser import ReadParser
+from montepy.utilities import is_comment
 import os
 import warnings
 
@@ -88,20 +89,6 @@ def read_front_matters(fh, mcnp_version):
             break
 
 
-def is_comment(line):
-    """"""
-    upper_start = line[0 : BLANK_SPACE_CONTINUE + 1].upper()
-    non_blank_comment = upper_start and line.lstrip().upper().startswith("C ")
-    if non_blank_comment:
-        return True
-    blank_comment = (
-        "C\n" == upper_start.lstrip()
-        or "C\r\n" == upper_start.lstrip()
-        or ("C" == upper_start and "\n" not in line)
-    )
-    return blank_comment or non_blank_comment
-
-
 def read_data(fh, mcnp_version, block_type=None, recursion=False):
     """
     Reads the bulk of an MCNP file for all of the MCNP data.

montepy/utilities.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2024, Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC All Rights Reserved.
+from montepy.constants import BLANK_SPACE_CONTINUE
 import functools
 import re
 
@@ -31,6 +32,27 @@ def fortran_float(number_string):
             raise ValueError(f"Value Not parsable as float: {number_string}") from e
 
 
+def is_comment(line):
+    """
+    Determines if the line is a `C ` style comment.
+
+    :param line: the line to analyze
+    :type line: str
+    :returns: True if the line is a comment
+    :rtype: bool
+    """
+    upper_start = line[0 : BLANK_SPACE_CONTINUE + 1].upper()
+    non_blank_comment = upper_start and line.lstrip().upper().startswith("C ")
+    if non_blank_comment:
+        return True
+    blank_comment = (
+        "C\n" == upper_start.lstrip()
+        or "C\r\n" == upper_start.lstrip()
+        or ("C" == upper_start and "\n" not in line)
+    )
+    return blank_comment or non_blank_comment
+
+
 def make_prop_val_node(
     hidden_param, types=None, base_type=None, validator=None, deletable=False
 ):