- /*
- * The `It' macro is a special case, as it acquires parameters from its
- * parent `Bl' context, specifically, we're concerned with -column.
+ /*
+ * We know that we're in an `It', so it's reasonable to expect
+ * us to be sitting in a `Bl'. Someday this may not be the case
+ * (if we allow random `It's sitting out there), so provide a
+ * safe fall-back into the default behaviour.