split-function

[Pit Kreiner]

Within the following circumstances the split-function seems to run endless.
Really it only runs unconsiderably long:

file x.awk:

{       print "before"
        ek = split ($0, komm, /\/\*([^*]|([*]+[^/]))*\*\//)
        print "after " ek
}

file x.xxx:

//**********************************//

call:

awk -f x.awk x.xxx

Try more or less asterisks in x.xxx, the time varies very strongly.
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