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From: anderson@uwvax.ARPA
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Subject: a lex question
Message-ID: <236@uwvax.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 2-May-84 00:48:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed May  2 00:48:40 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 3-May-84 19:45:48 EDT
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The following "lex" expression is supposed to accept /* ... */ style
comments.  It doesn't quite work... it recognizes the comment, but then
the closing / seems to be processed again (resulting in a syntax error).

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

Maybe I'm overlooking something obvious.  If you can figure out what it
is, please reply by mail.  Thanks --  David Anderson (uwvax!anderson)