I think it makes sense, because there are two types of comments here. First is "ignore everything" which is handled by ";" but then there is the function "comme

I think it makes sense, because there are two types of comments here. First is "ignore everything" which is handled by ";" but then there is the function "comment" or "rich comment" that should still be valid code and all dependencies it needs available. If not, someone couldn't open the file and run the forms inside the block as-is, so the program is not valid. It's a gotcha, but in the end I think it's neat that it makes sure it's valid.