diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler.ts b/src/compiler/compiler.ts
index 96a0b60..429a94b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ export class Compiler {
       if (DEBUG) {
         const bytecodeString = bytecodeToString(this.bytecode)
         console.log(`\n🤖 bytecode:\n----------------\n${bytecodeString}\n\n`)
+        console.log(`\n🤖 bytecode:\n----------------\n${this.instructions}\n\n`)
       }
     } catch (error) {
       if (error instanceof CompilerError) {
@@ -432,8 +433,9 @@ export class Compiler {
         instructions.push(['JUMP', afterLabel])
         instructions.push([`${fnLabel}:`])
         instructions.push(
-          ...block.filter(x => x.type.name !== 'keyword')
-            .map(x => this.#compileNode(x!, input))
+          ...block
+            .filter((x) => x.type.name !== 'keyword')
+            .map((x) => this.#compileNode(x!, input))
             .flat()
         )
         instructions.push(['RETURN'])
@@ -453,15 +455,16 @@ export class Compiler {
           body = [
             ...body.slice(0, startSlice),
             ['MAKE_FUNCTION', [], fnLabel],
-            ...body.slice(startSlice)
+            ...body.slice(startSlice),
           ]
 
           // @ts-ignore
           body[body.length - 3]![1] += 1
           instructions.push(...body)
-
         } else {
-          throw new Error(`FunctionCallWithBlock: Expected FunctionCallOrIdentifier or FunctionCall`)
+          throw new Error(
+            `FunctionCallWithBlock: Expected FunctionCallOrIdentifier or FunctionCall`
+          )
         }
 
         return instructions
@@ -660,7 +663,7 @@ export class Compiler {
         // = can be a valid word, and is also valid inside words, so for now we cheat
         // and check for arrays that look like `[ = ]` to interpret them as
         // empty dicts
-        if (children.length === 1 && children[0]!.name === 'Word') {
+        if (children.length === 1 && children[0]!.type.id === terms.Word) {
           const child = children[0]!
           if (input.slice(child.from, child.to) === '=') {
             return [['MAKE_DICT', 0]]
@@ -709,6 +712,10 @@ export class Compiler {
         return instructions
       }
 
+      case terms.Comment: {
+        return [] // ignore comments
+      }
+
       default:
         throw new CompilerError(
           `Compiler doesn't know how to handle a "${node.type.name}" node.`,
diff --git a/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts b/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
index 666a4b5..c1dc14b 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/tests/literals.test.ts
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ describe('array literals', () => {
   })
 
   test('comments within arrays', () => {
-    expect(`[1 # first
-  2 # second
+    expect(`[1
+  2
   ]`).toEvaluateTo([1, 2])
   })
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/utils.ts b/src/compiler/utils.ts
index ed0dfcc..20afa96 100644
--- a/src/compiler/utils.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/utils.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ export const getAllChildren = (node: SyntaxNode): SyntaxNode[] => {
     children.push(child)
     child = child.nextSibling
   }
-  return children
+
+  return children.filter((n) => n.type.id !== terms.Comment)
 }
 
 export const getBinaryParts = (node: SyntaxNode) => {
@@ -50,13 +51,15 @@ export const getAssignmentParts = (node: SyntaxNode) => {
 
   // array destructuring
   if (left && left.type.id === terms.Array) {
-    const identifiers = getAllChildren(left).filter(child => child.type.id === terms.Identifier)
+    const identifiers = getAllChildren(left).filter((child) => child.type.id === terms.Identifier)
     return { arrayPattern: identifiers, right }
   }
 
   if (!left || left.type.id !== terms.AssignableIdentifier) {
     throw new CompilerError(
-      `Assign left child must be an AssignableIdentifier or Array, got ${left ? left.type.name : 'none'}`,
+      `Assign left child must be an AssignableIdentifier or Array, got ${
+        left ? left.type.name : 'none'
+      }`,
       node.from,
       node.to
     )
@@ -71,7 +74,9 @@ export const getCompoundAssignmentParts = (node: SyntaxNode) => {
 
   if (!left || left.type.id !== terms.AssignableIdentifier) {
     throw new CompilerError(
-      `CompoundAssign left child must be an AssignableIdentifier, got ${left ? left.type.name : 'none'}`,
+      `CompoundAssign left child must be an AssignableIdentifier, got ${
+        left ? left.type.name : 'none'
+      }`,
       node.from,
       node.to
     )
diff --git a/src/parser/tests/literals.test.ts b/src/parser/tests/literals.test.ts
index 693da17..3a63381 100644
--- a/src/parser/tests/literals.test.ts
+++ b/src/parser/tests/literals.test.ts
@@ -150,8 +150,11 @@ describe('array literals', () => {
       2 # second
     ]`).toMatchTree(`
       Array
+        Comment # something...
         Number 1
+        Comment # first
         Number 2
+        Comment # second
     `)
   })
 
@@ -397,12 +400,15 @@ c=3]`).toMatchTree(`
       c=3
     ]`).toMatchTree(`
       Dict
+        Comment # something...
         NamedArg
           NamedArgPrefix a=
           Number 1
+        Comment # first
         NamedArg
           NamedArgPrefix b=
           Number 2
+        Comment # second
         NamedArg
           NamedArgPrefix c=
           Number 3
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