'Read input data (file-like object, filename, list of strings, or
single string) into a Table and return the result.'

def read(self, table):

    out = super(FastCommentedHeader, self).read(table)
    if ('comments' in out.meta):
        out.meta['comments'] = out.meta['comments'][1:]
        if (not out.meta['comments']):
            del out.meta['comments']
    return out
