multiline comment by adam(gts@volconst.com)

example_tree.tft

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # This is a comment
 # The dating in this tree is according to the Byzantine calendar but relative to Christ's birth
 
+/* This is a multiline
+   comment with a * and a / in it */
+
 Adam
 b: -5509.9.06        # Birthday in format yyyy.mm.dd
 

src/parser.cpp

@@ -567,6 +567,30 @@ namespace /* internal */
 				--it;
 				break;
 			/* case '0' ... '9': */
+			case '/':
+				if(it+1<end)
+				{
+					if(it[1]=='/')
+					{
+						if(token_begin < it)
+							tokens.emplace_back(token_begin, it);
+						while(++it < end && *it != '\n'); /* skip comment */
+						token_begin = it;
+						--it;
+					}
+					else if(it[1]=='*')
+					{
+						if(token_begin < it)
+							tokens.emplace_back(token_begin, it);
+						while(++it < end)
+							if(*it=='*' && it+1<end && it[1]=='/')
+								break;
+						it+=2;
+						token_begin = it;
+						--it;
+					}
+				}
+				break;
 
 			default: break;
 			}