2 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/guix/read-print.scm b/guix/read-print.scm
index 2fc3d85a25..df25eb0f50 100644
--- a/guix/read-print.scm
+++ b/guix/read-print.scm
@@ -387,6 +387,27 @@ particular newlines, is left as is."
                           line "\n")
                          (comment-margin? comment)))))
 
+(define %not-newline
+  (char-set-complement (char-set #\newline)))
+
+(define (print-multi-line-comment str indent port)
+  "Print to PORT STR as a multi-line comment, with INDENT spaces preceding
+each line except the first one (they're assumed to be already there)."
+
+  ;; While 'read-with-comments' only returns one-line comments, user-provided
+  ;; comments might span multiple lines, which is why this is necessary.
+  (let loop ((lst (string-tokenize str %not-newline)))
+    (match lst
+      (() #t)
+      ((last)
+       (display last port)
+       (newline port))
+      ((head tail ...)
+       (display head port)
+       (newline port)
+       (display (make-string indent #\space) port)
+       (loop tail)))))
+
 (define* (pretty-print-with-comments port obj
                                      #:key
                                      (format-comment
@@ -486,8 +507,9 @@ FORMAT-VERTICAL-SPACE; a useful value of 'canonicalize-vertical-space'."
              (unless (= column indent)
                (newline port)
                (display (make-string indent #\space) port))
-             (display (comment->string (format-comment comment indent))
-                      port)))
+             (print-multi-line-comment (comment->string
+                                        (format-comment comment indent))
+                                       indent port)))
        (display (make-string indent #\space) port)
        indent)
       ((? vertical-space? space)
diff --git a/tests/read-print.scm b/tests/read-print.scm
index e3f23194af..004fcff19f 100644
--- a/tests/read-print.scm
+++ b/tests/read-print.scm
@@ -341,4 +341,18 @@ mnopqrstuvwxyz.\")"
                                     #:format-vertical-space
                                     canonicalize-vertical-space)))))
 
+(test-equal "pretty-print-with-comments, multi-line comment"
+  "\
+(list abc
+      ;; This comment spans
+      ;; two lines.
+      def)"
+  (call-with-output-string
+    (lambda (port)
+      (pretty-print-with-comments port
+                                  `(list abc ,(comment "\
+;; This comment spans\n
+;; two lines.\n")
+                                         def)))))
+
 (test-end)