quo; and go to the end of the line.
    The second comment recognizes the next line also as a comment if the current
    line ends with a &lsquo;\&rsquo; escape character.</p>

    <p>C-style &ldquo;block&rdquo; comments with a start and end delimiter are also easy to
    express:</p>

    <pre><code>
    local c_comment = token(lexer.COMMENT, lexer.range('/*', '*/'))
    </code></pre>

    <p>This comment starts with a &ldquo;/*&rdquo; sequence and contains anything up to and
    including an ending &ldquo