comments trump newline?

Hi list,

I have this template:

ONE
<#-- comment here -->
TWO
<#-- -->
THREE
=====
ONE
<#-- comment here -->

<#-- -->
THREE

And I get this output:
ONE
TWO
THREE
=====
ONE
THREE

Should I be getting a empty line above the second THREE? I tried with
multiple empty lines between comments, and they all get stripped out.
Is this expected?

Thanks,
-Z

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