Re: perlfaq6 - stripping C++ style comments from a file

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In article <[email protected]>, William F. Mann
<[email protected]> wrote:

> This FAQ is needlessly obscure, even with Fred Curtis's modifications.
> 
> Nobody needs a version which strips just C style comments.  How about 
> substituting the attached version which does both C and C++ style?

Nobody? Not even the C coders?


I didn't get any attachment with your message. Can you just put the
code in the message?

> I think the perl4 version of the code should be omitted, or moved to the 
> end if you want to make the "perl5 with /x is more legible" point.

Perl 4 version? Perhaps you're looking at something else, but all the
code in that answer works in Perl 5.

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brian d foy, [email protected]