[svn:perlfaq] r7910 - perlfaq/trunk

Author: comdog
Date: Sat Oct  7 13:38:54 2006
New Revision: 7910

Modified:
   perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq6.pod

Log:
* How do I use a regular expression to strip C style comments from a file?
	+ added note that the C++ comment stripper won't work if
	the comment is spread over multiple lines



Modified: perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq6.pod
==============================================================================
--- perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq6.pod	(original)
+++ perlfaq/trunk/perlfaq6.pod	Sat Oct  7 13:38:54 2006
@@ -422,7 +422,8 @@
        )
      }{defined $2 ? $2 : ""}gxse;
 
-A slight modification also removes C++ comments:
+A slight modification also removes C++ comments, as long as they are not
+spread over multiple lines using a continuation character):
 
 	s#/\*[^*]*\*+([^/*][^*]*\*+)*/|//[^\n]*|("(\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(\\.|[^'\\])*'|.[^/"'\\]*)#defined $2 ? $2 : ""#gse;