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Re: how to detect comment in source code file ?

From Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Subject Re: how to detect comment in source code file ?
Date 2013-09-04 17:02 +1000
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vnkumbhani@gmail.com writes:

> how works python interpreter for finding comment ?

It works as specified in the language reference. In particular, see
<URL:http://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#comments>.

> if possible find nested comment ?

Python's comments are line-end comments only. The syntax does not allow
multi-line nor nested comments.

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how to detect comment in source code file ? vnkumbhani@gmail.com - 2013-09-03 23:05 -0700
  Re: how to detect comment in source code file ? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-09-04 17:02 +1000
    Re: how to detect comment in source code file ? Paul Rudin <paul@rudin.co.uk> - 2013-09-04 08:18 +0100
    Re: how to detect comment in source code file ? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2013-09-05 01:56 +0000
  Re: how to detect comment in source code file ? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-09-04 23:40 -0400
    Re: how to detect comment in source code file ? Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-09-05 08:11 -0400
  Re: how to detect comment in source code file ? Vincent Vande Vyvre <vincent.vandevyvre@swing.be> - 2013-09-05 07:33 +0200

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