Method skipComment

Fleece/Support/JSON5.cc:193–216

Reads a comment from the input. Writes nothing to the output.

        // Reads a comment from the input. Writes nothing to the output.
        void skipComment() {
            char c;
            get(); // consume initial '/'
            switch (get()) {
                case '/':
                    do {
                        c = peek();
                        if (c)
                            get();
                    } while (c != 0 && !isnewline(c));
                    break;
                case '*': {
                    bool star;
                    c = 0;
                    do {
                        star = (c == '*');
                        c = get();
                    } while (!(star && c=='/'));
                    break;
                }
                default:
                    fail("Syntax error after '/'");
            }
        }

        // Returns the next character from the input without consuming it, or 0 at EOF.
        char peek() {