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From: rupley@arizona.edu (John Rupley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: C comment stripper
Summary: It pukes....
Message-ID: <9864@megaron.arizona.edu>
Date: 24 Mar 89 00:57:34 GMT
References: <1842@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> <9543@smoke.BRL.MIL> <1453@wpi.wpi.edu>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <1453@wpi.wpi.edu>, lfoard@wpi.wpi.edu (Lawrence C Foard) writes:
> I just made this C comment stripper, I tried it on it self and it works
> ok. If any one finds code it pukes on tell me (there is probably still
> something I missed).

It pukes ... try:

	/***/ main() {printf("hi there\n");} /* */

Score, anyone? (recent postings tested on K&R-I-syntax code)

	sed        1/1 correct
	Lex        2/2 correct
	C          2/2 wrong

Hmmm.

John Rupley
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