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Remove double-slash comments

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Regular Expression

r"
("(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\\])*'|(?:[^/\n"']|/[^/*\n"'])+|\n)|(/\* (?:[^*]|\*[^/])*\*/)|(?://(.*)$)$
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Description

This regex removes double-slash comments while avoiding anything between 'quotes' or "double quotes".

Submitted by jlacroix