From: niklasalverup@...
Date: 2006-08-08T19:25:10+09:00
Subject: porting perl regexp to ruby

I have a perl regexp that strips c++ comments (I have not constructed
this myself, found it here:
http://www.perl.com/doc/FAQs/FAQ/oldfaq-html/Q4.27.html ). However, it
uses the 'e' modifier that will take the replacement value and evaluate
it. How do I get similar functionality in ruby?

perl regexp below:
s#//(.*)|/\*[^*]*\*+([^/*][^*]*\*+)*/|"(\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(\\.|[^'\\])*'|[^/"']+#
 $1 ? "/*$1 */" : $& #ge;

/Nick