regex for C comments

[Steven McCanne]

In article <502 at chem.ucsd.EDU> tps at chem.ucsd.edu (Tom Stockfisch) writes:
>So, who has the shortest single LEX expression that correctly
>matches C comments --
>Mine is
>	"/*"\/*([^/]|{[^*/]\/+})*"*/"

How about:

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

Steve