Thanks for the feedback,
mkmcconn. Your comment about the inline pod doesn't come as a complete surprise; it occurred to me before posting that this could be seen as an impediment to following the code flow. I must admit that I routinely use a highlighting editor and kind of like having the documentation right next to the code it applies to, partly because I find it's easier to keep things in sync that way. But given your comment (and my suspicion that for everyone who comments there are probably ten who feel the same way but can't be bothered to respond), I'll definitely reconsider.
cheers