a lex question

[merlyn at sequent.UUCP]

> From: anderson at uwvax.UUCP
> Message-ID: <236 at uwvax.ARPA>
> Date: Wed, 2-May-84 21:48:40 PDT
> 
> 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).
> 
> "/*"([^*]|("*"/[^/]))*"*/"
                X

Unless I'm missing something as well, it looks like the slash above the "X"
is extra.  Is this a typo?  Or is it present in the original stuff?

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