a lex question

[anderson at uwvax.ARPA]

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The following "lex" expression is supposed to accept /* ... */ style
comments.  It doesn't quite work... it recognizes the comment, but then
the closing / seems to be processed again (resulting in a syntax error).

"/*"([^*]|("*"/[^/]))*"*/"

Maybe I'm overlooking something obvious.  If you can figure out what it
is, please reply by mail.  Thanks --  David Anderson (uwvax!anderson)