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From: mccanne@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Steven McCanne)
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Subject: Re: regex for C comments
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Date: 12 Jul 89 07:33:00 GMT
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In article <502@chem.ucsd.EDU> tps@chem.ucsd.edu (Tom Stockfisch) writes:
>So, who has the shortest single LEX expression that correctly
>matches C comments --
>Mine is
>	"/*"\/*([^/]|{[^*/]\/+})*"*/"

How about:

	"/*"([^*]|\*+[^/*])*\*+\/

Steve