delete comments with re

[laurent8 at sxb.bsf.alcatel.fr]

Hi,

Given this string (t)

>>> t='a=b; /* comment */ o=1; /** ** * **dgbgfg* ** ** */ j=1; /* fgd
*/ class foobar {}'

I want to have this result :
t='a=b;  o=1;  j=1;  class foobar {}'

that is to say, I want to del every /* */ sequence.

with this regular expression I've got
>>> r="/\*.*\*/"
>>> re.sub(r,'',t)
'a=b;  class foobar {}'

so I tried
>>> r="/\*([^\*][^/])*\*/"
and then this is not the expected result
>>> re.sub(r,'',t)
'a=b; /* comment */ o=1; /** ** * **dgbgfg* ** ** */ j=1; /* fgd */
class foobar {}'

somebody has an idea ???

thanks


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