code: def get_comment(self):
          
          self.skip()
          offset = self.offset
          m = syntax.re_comment.match(self.buf)
          if m == None:
              return None
          else:
              cmt = m.group(0)
              self.set_buf(m.end())
              # look for a multiline comment
              if cmt[:2] == '/*' and cmt[-2:] != '*/':
                  i = self.buf.find('*/')
                  while i == -1:
                      self.readline()
                      # remove at most the same number of whitespace as
                      # the comment start was indented
                      j = 0
                      while (j < offset and j < len(self.buf) and
                             self.buf[j].isspace()):
                          j = j + 1
                      self.buf = self.buf[j:]
                      cmt += '\n'+self.buf.replace('\n','')
                      i = self.buf.find('*/')
                  self.set_buf(i+2)
              self.skip()
              return cmt
docs: ret: string()