>>>>> "KF" == Ken Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Dave Storrs wrote: >> why didn't you have to write: >> >> rule ugly_c_comment { >> / >> \/ \* [ .*? <ugly_c_comment>? ]*? \* \/ >> { let $0 := " " } >> / >> } > Think of the curly braces as the regex quotes. If "{" is the quote > then there's nothing special about "/" and it doesn't need to be > escaped. Also, I don't think you want spaces between "/" and "*" > because "/ *" isn't a comment delimiter. but remember that whitespace is ignored as the /x mode is on all the time. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com ----- Stem and Perl Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding ---- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org