-----Original Message----- > From: Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] comment followed by ?> fails to parse
> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Jason Wong wrote: > > Yes this hightlights another shortcoming of PHP in > > that it cannot have nested multi-line comments. > This is not a shortcoming. This is an issue of the > scanner of the compiler. It is not possible to > remember the nesting level of the comments because of > the nature of regular expressions: they lack memory. You need to brush up on your parsing theory. If the PHP parser can balance parentheses, it can balance comments, also. > cheers, > thalis -- JR -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
