From 57d52922d2877edbbd83b697479845b3e2e105f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Partho Bhattacharya <moroseui@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 02:18:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fixed comment issues

---
 lexicalStructure.lex            | 5 +++--
 tests/test_comment_issues.alpha | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_comment_issues.alpha

diff --git a/lexicalStructure.lex b/lexicalStructure.lex
index 0763c99..7857730 100644
--- a/lexicalStructure.lex
+++ b/lexicalStructure.lex
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 	#endif
 %}
 
-COM ([^*]|\*+[^)*])*
+STARCOM [^\*]|\*+[^\)\*]+
+PARENCOM [^\)]|[^\*\)]+\)+
 ID [A-Za-z_][0-9A-Za-z_]*
 DIGIT [0-9]
 CHAR \\n|\\t|\\'|[^'\n\t\\]|\\\\
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ SCHAR \\n|\\t|\\\"|[^\"\n\\]
 {DIGIT}+		{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_INTEGER:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_INTEGER);} 		else {return C_INTEGER;}}
 '{CHAR}'		{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_CHARACTER:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_CHARACTER);} 	else {return C_CHARACTER;}}
 \"{SCHAR}*\"	{if(DEBUG) {printf( "C_STRING:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, C_STRING);} 		else {return C_STRING;}}
-"(*"{COM}"*)"	{if(DEBUG) {printf( "COMMENT:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, COMMENT);} 		else {return COMMENT;}}
+\(\*{STARCOM}*\*\)|\(\*{PARENCOM}*\*\)	{if(DEBUG) {printf( "COMMENT:		%s	(%d)\n", yytext, COMMENT);} 		else {return COMMENT;}}
 
 "("				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "L_PAREN:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, L_PAREN);}		else {return L_PAREN;}}
 ")"				{if(DEBUG) {printf( "R_PAREN:	%s	(%d)\n", yytext, R_PAREN);}		else {return R_PAREN;}}
diff --git a/tests/test_comment_issues.alpha b/tests/test_comment_issues.alpha
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e968d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_comment_issues.alpha
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+(*(**)*)
+(***)
+(******)(*\kpp*********)
+((*((*))
+(***)(*)
+(*           *)
+(***)))))))*(*))))))))*))