ANTLR v3 greedy=false

Amal <akhailtash@gmail.com>
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:43:29 -0800 (PST)

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From: Amal <akhailtash@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:43:29 -0800 (PST)
Organization: Compilers Central
Keywords: parse, question
Posted-Date: 08 Dec 2007 01:12:42 EST

I need to extract the multi-line comments from a C/C++ source file.
Most grammars deal with throwing out the ML_COMMENT like below:

ML_COMMENT
    : '/*' (options {greedy=false;} : .)* '/*' {skip();}
    ;

How do I keep the comment lines? I need something like this:

comment : '/*' COMMENT_TEXT '*/' ;

I am confused as how to define COMMENT_TEXT in ANTLR v3.

COMMENT_TEXT : ?????? ;

Any hints and pointers are appreciated.
-- Amal

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