--- a/src/lex.l	Wed Dec 25 23:07:03 2002 +0000
+++ b/src/lex.l	Thu Dec 26 00:24:10 2002 +0000
@@ -2520,112 +2520,6 @@
   return NAME;
 }
 
-// Print a warning if a function file that defines a function has
-// anything other than comments and whitespace following the END token
-// that matches the FUNCTION statement.
-
-void
-check_for_garbage_after_fcn_def (void)
-{
-  // By making a newline be the next character to be read, we will
-  // force the parser to return after reading the function.  Calling
-  // unput with EOF does not work.
-
-  std::string comment_buf;
-
-  bool in_comment = false;
-  bool beginning_of_comment = true;
-
-  int lineno = input_line_number;
-
-  int c = 0;
-
-  while ((c = yyinput ()) != EOF)
-    {
-      switch (c)
-	{
-	case ' ':
-	case '\t':
-	case ';':
-	case ',':
-	  if (in_comment)
-	    {
-	      comment_buf += static_cast<char> (c);
-	      beginning_of_comment = false;
-	    }
-	  break;
-
-	case '%':
-	case '#':
-	  if (in_comment)
-	    {
-	      if (! beginning_of_comment)
-		comment_buf += static_cast<char> (c);
-	    }
-	  else
-	    {
-	      maybe_gripe_matlab_incompatible_comment (c);
-	      in_comment = true;
-	      beginning_of_comment = true;
-	    }
-	  break;
-
-	case '\n':
-	  if (in_comment)
-	    {
-	      comment_buf += static_cast<char> (c);
-	      octave_comment_buffer::append (comment_buf);
-	      comment_buf.resize (0);
-	      in_comment = false;
-	      beginning_of_comment = false;
-	    }
-	  break;
-
-	case '\r':
-	  if (in_comment)
-	    comment_buf += static_cast<char> (c);
-	  c = yyinput ();
-	  if (c == EOF)
-	    break;
-	  else if (c == '\n')
-	    {
-	      if (in_comment)
-		{
-		  comment_buf += static_cast<char> (c);
-		  octave_comment_buffer::append (comment_buf);
-		  comment_buf.resize (0);
-		  in_comment = false;
-		  beginning_of_comment = false;
-		}
-	      break;
-	    }
-
-	  // Fall through...
-
-	default:
-	  if (in_comment)
-	    {
-	      comment_buf += static_cast<char> (c);
-	      beginning_of_comment = false;
-	      break;
-	    }
-	  else
-	    {
-	      warning ("ignoring trailing garbage after end of function\n\
-         near line %d of file `%s.m'", lineno, curr_fcn_file_name.c_str ());
-	      
-	      unput ('\n');
-	      return;
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-  if (! comment_buf.empty ())
-    octave_comment_buffer::append (comment_buf);
-
-  unput ('\n');
-}
-
 void
 lexical_feedback::init (void)
 {