Remove comments, in prep for annotations replacing them

preserves.md

@@ -194,14 +194,10 @@ possible.
 ### Whitespace
 
 Whitespace is defined as any number of spaces, tabs, carriage returns,
-line feeds, comments, or commas. A comment is a semicolon followed by
-the unicode code points up to and including the next carriage return
-or line feed.
+line feeds, or commas.
 
-                ws = *(%x20 / %x09 / newline / comment / ",")
+                ws = *(%x20 / %x09 / newline / ",")
            newline = CR / LF
-           comment = ";" *(WSP / nonnl) newline
-             nonnl = <any Unicode code point except CR or LF>
 
 ### Grammar
 
@@ -974,8 +970,7 @@ mode that rejects empty chunks entirely.
 **Whitespace.** Similarly, the textual format for `Value`s allows
 arbitrary whitespace in many positions. In streaming transfer
 situations, consider optional restrictions on the amount of
-consecutive whitespace and comments that may appear in a serialized
-`Value`.
+consecutive whitespace that may appear in a serialized `Value`.
 
 **Canonical form for cryptographic hashing and signing.** As
 specified, neither the textual nor the compact binary encoding rules