How to use the comment package within a footnote?

Question

The comment package provides for different comment environments which one can selectively in- or exclude via a switch in the preamble. I haven't found out yet how to get it to work in footnotes yet though:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{comment}
\excludecomment{note}
\begin{document}
Some text.
\footnote{A footnote.
\begin{note}
A note for myself within a footnote.
\end{note}
}
\end{document}

gives me the following error:

Excluding comment 'comment') Excluding comment 'note'
(./commentsinfootnote1.aux) Excluding 'note' comment.
! Argument of \xComment has an extra }.
<inserted text> 
                \par 
l.10 }

Answer 1

The version package seems to be a drop-in replacement:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{version}
\excludeversion{note}
\begin{document}
Some text.
\footnote{A footnote.
\begin{note}
A note for myself within a footnote.
\end{note}
}
\end{document}