Re: C++ Comments Longer than One Line.

Hi Brian,

> > http://www.ayni.com/perldoc/perl5.8.0/pod/perlfaq6.html#How-do-I-use-a-regular-
> > expression-to-strip-C-style-comments-from-a-file- ends with "A
> > slight modification also removes C++ comments".  The suggested
> > regexp doesn't work since C++ comments can be spread over more than
> > one line by escaping the end of the line with a backslash.
> 
> I've added a note to the answer saying the regex won't work for
> continuation lines. If anyone wants to modify the regex to handle that
> I can update the answer.
> 
> The best solution is probably a line-reader that handles continuation
> lines on its own.

In Python, I'd add a negative look behind to check the character before
this possible end of comment wasn't a backslash.  ;-)

Cheers,


Ralph.