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1"""Removes C/C++ style comments from text.
2
3Gratefully adapted from https://stackoverflow.com/a/241506
4"""
5import re
6
7comment_pattern = re.compile(r'//.*?$|/\*.*?\*/|\'(?:\\.|[^\\\'])*\'|"(?:\\.|[^\\"])*"', re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE)
8
9
10def _comment_stripper(match):
11 """Removes C/C++ style comments from a regex match.
12 """
13 s = match.group(0)
14 return ' ' if s.startswith('/') else s
15
16
17def comment_remover(text):
18 """Remove C/C++ style comments from text.
19 """
20 return re.sub(comment_pattern, _comment_stripper, text)