Added support for comments in pattern lists

contentScript.js

 							result.matchingPatterns.split("\n") :
 							[ ]);
 	for (let pattern of matchingPatterns) {
-		if (pattern && location.href.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
+		if (pattern && 
+			!pattern.hasPrefix("#") &&
+			location.href.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
 			shouldKillSticky = true;
 			break;
 		}
 							result.exclusionPatterns.split("\n") :
 							[ ];
 	for (let pattern of exclusionPatterns) {
-		if (pattern && location.href.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
+		if (pattern && 
+			!pattern.hasPrefix("#") &&
+			location.href.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
 			shouldKillSticky = false;
 			break;
 		}

functions.js

 	this.removeEventListener("keyup", ael);
 }
 
+/***********/
+/* UTILITY */
+/***********/
+
+String.prototype.hasPrefix = function (prefix) {
+	return (this.lastIndexOf(prefix, 0) === 0);
+}
+
 /***********/
 /* HELPERS */
 /***********/
 		}
 	});
 }
-
-String.prototype.hasPrefix = function (prefix) {
-	return (this.lastIndexOf(prefix, 0) === 0);
-}

options.js

 	let checkbox = document.querySelector("input#whitelist-mode");
 	newMode = newMode || (container.classList.contains("whitelist") ? "blacklist" : "whitelist");
 
-	container.classList.toggle("whitelist", (newMode == "whitelist"));	
-	checkbox.checked = (newMode == "whitelist");	
+	container.classList.toggle("whitelist", (newMode == "whitelist"));
+	checkbox.checked = (newMode == "whitelist");
 	container.querySelectorAll("span").forEach(span => {
 		span.classList.toggle("disabled", false);
 	});
 	document.querySelector(`.${newMode}-mode-label`).classList.toggle("disabled", true);
-	
+
 	document.querySelector("div#matchingPatterns").classList.toggle("disabled", (newMode == "whitelist"));
 	document.querySelector("div#matchingPatterns textarea").disabled = (newMode == "whitelist");
 }

popup.js

 /*	Toggle the current state, as represented in the ASK object. (Nothing actually
 	happens until the UI state is updated, killSticky() is called (if needed),
 	and the new settings are saved in storage.)
-	
+
 	What “toggle the current state” actually means depends on the current mode.
 
 	[1]	In blacklist mode, toggleState() does one of the following:
 		exclusion patterns; or,
 	(b) (if stickies are being killed on the current page) removes all 
 		applicable matching patterns.
-	
+
 	[2] In whitelist mode, toggleState() does one of the following:
 
 	(a) (if stickies are not being killed on the current page) removes all 
 	ASK.pageMatched = false;
 	ASK.pageExcluded = false;
 	for (let pattern of ASK.matchingPatterns) {
-		if (pattern && ASK.activeTabLocation.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
+		if (pattern &&
+			!pattern.hasPrefix("#") &&
+			ASK.activeTabLocation.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
 			ASK.pageMatched = true;
 			break;
 		}
 	}
 	for (let pattern of ASK.exclusionPatterns) {
-		if (pattern && ASK.activeTabLocation.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
+		if (pattern &&
+			!pattern.hasPrefix("#") &&
+			ASK.activeTabLocation.match(new RegExp(pattern))) {
 			ASK.pageExcluded = true;
 			break;
 		}