def shorten_comment(line, max_line_length, last_comment=False):
    """Return trimmed or split long comment line.

    If there are no comments immediately following it, do a text wrap.
    Doing this wrapping on all comments in general would lead to jagged
    comment text.

    """
    assert len(line) > max_line_length
    line = line.rstrip()

    # PEP 8 recommends 72 characters for comment text.
    indentation = _get_indentation(line) + '# '
    max_line_length = min(max_line_length,
                          len(indentation) + 72)

    MIN_CHARACTER_REPEAT = 5
    if (
        len(line) - len(line.rstrip(line[-1])) >= MIN_CHARACTER_REPEAT and
        not line[-1].isalnum()
    ):
        # Trim comments that end with things like ---------
        return line[:max_line_length] + '\n'
    elif last_comment and re.match(r'\s*#+\s*\w+', line):
        split_lines = textwrap.wrap(line.lstrip(' \t#'),
                                    initial_indent=indentation,
                                    subsequent_indent=indentation,
                                    width=max_line_length,
                                    break_long_words=False,
                                    break_on_hyphens=False)
        return '\n'.join(split_lines) + '\n'

    return line + '\n'
Return trimmed or split long comment line.

    If there are no comments immediately following it, do a text wrap.
    Doing this wrapping on all comments in general would lead to jagged
    comment text.