Hi Darin,
On 12 Feb 98, 22:03, you wrote to Auke Reitsma
 MS>>> Comment extraction is not as easy as one might first think.
...
 DM> If one can get all the states of a C-parser into one's head,
 ... you won't have place for anything else ;-)
 DM> eliminate 3/4 of them due to being irrelevant, and put them down
 DM> into a state-graph, it quickly becomes simple.  Tedious, but
 DM> simple.
Yes. State-graphs are the way to go. Then use an FSM implementation.
See Snippets ...
Advantage: direct translation of the state table into code. Your sample 
pseudo-code just might have a nearly invisible bug. ;-) Been there, done 
hat.
Disadvantage: a bit slowish. And if you make a mistake in the code it might 
produce garbage. Or lock up. (States without exit conditions.)
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