Text in comments should not be highlighted

[andyli]

class Test {
    static function main() {
        var code = '
            /*
            * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE HAXE PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY
            * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
            * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
            * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE HAXE PROJECT CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
            * ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
            * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
            * SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
            * CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
            * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
            * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
            * DAMAGE.
            */
        ';
        var html = highlighter.Highlighter.syntaxHighlightHaxe(code);
        trace(html);
    }
}

The above code gives runtime error for Neko:

Called from ? line 1
Called from Test.hx line 18
Called from highlighter/Highlighter.hx line 70
Called from /home/andy/.opam/4.06.1/share/haxe/std/neko/_std/EReg.hx line 105
Uncaught exception - An error occurred while running pcre_exec
Error: Command failed with error 1

It is because the content of the comment are highlighted and apparently too complex for the neko regexp to handle. For other targets, e.g. --interp, the output is:

src/Test.hx:19:
            <span class=cmt>/*
            * <span class=type>THIS</span> <span class=type>SOFTWARE</span> <span class=type>IS</span> <span class=type>PROVIDED</span> <span class=type>BY</span> <span class=type>THE</span> <span class=type>HAXE</span> <span class=type>PROJECT</span> <span class=type>CONTRIBUTORS</span> <span class=str>"<span class=type>AS</span> <span class=type>IS</span>"</span> <span class=type>AND</span> <span class=type>ANY</span>
            * <span class=type>EXPRESS</span> <span class=type>OR</span> <span class=type>IMPLIED</span> <span class=type>WARRANTIES</span>, <span class=type>INCLUDING</span>, <span class=type>BUT</span> <span class=type>NOT</span> <span class=type>LIMITED</span> <span class=type>TO</span>, <span class=type>THE</span> <span class=type>IMPLIED</span>
            * <span class=type>WARRANTIES</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>MERCHANTABILITY</span> <span class=type>AND</span> <span class=type>FITNESS</span> <span class=type>FOR</span> <span class=type>A</span> <span class=type>PARTICULAR</span> <span class=type>PURPOSE</span> <span class=type>ARE</span>
            * <span class=type>DISCLAIMED</span>. <span class=type>IN</span> <span class=type>NO</span> <span class=type>EVENT</span> <span class=type>SHALL</span> <span class=type>THE</span> <span class=type>HAXE</span> <span class=type>PROJECT</span> <span class=type>CONTRIBUTORS</span> <span class=type>BE</span> <span class=type>LIABLE</span> <span class=type>FOR</span>
            * <span class=type>ANY</span> <span class=type>DIRECT</span>, <span class=type>INDIRECT</span>, <span class=type>INCIDENTAL</span>, <span class=type>SPECIAL</span>, <span class=type>EXEMPLARY</span>, <span class=type>OR</span> <span class=type>CONSEQUENTIAL</span>
            * <span class=type>DAMAGES</span> (<span class=type>INCLUDING</span>, <span class=type>BUT</span> <span class=type>NOT</span> <span class=type>LIMITED</span> <span class=type>TO</span>, <span class=type>PROCUREMENT</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>SUBSTITUTE</span> <span class=type>GOODS</span> <span class=type>OR</span>
            * <span class=type>SERVICES</span>; <span class=type>LOSS</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>USE</span>, <span class=type>DATA</span>, <span class=type>OR</span> <span class=type>PROFITS</span>; <span class=type>OR</span> <span class=type>BUSINESS</span> <span class=type>INTERRUPTION</span>) <span class=type>HOWEVER</span>
            * <span class=type>CAUSED</span> <span class=type>AND</span> <span class=type>ON</span> <span class=type>ANY</span> <span class=type>THEORY</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>LIABILITY</span>, <span class=type>WHETHER</span> <span class=type>IN</span> <span class=type>CONTRACT</span>, <span class=type>STRICT</span>
            * <span class=type>LIABILITY</span>, <span class=type>OR</span> <span class=type>TORT</span> (<span class=type>INCLUDING</span> <span class=type>NEGLIGENCE</span> <span class=type>OR</span> <span class=type>OTHERWISE</span>) <span class=type>ARISING</span> <span class=type>IN</span> <span class=type>ANY</span> <span class=type>WAY</span>
            * <span class=type>OUT</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>THE</span> <span class=type>USE</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>THIS</span> <span class=type>SOFTWARE</span>, <span class=type>EVEN</span> <span class=type>IF</span> <span class=type>ADVISED</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>THE</span> <span class=type>POSSIBILITY</span> <span class=type>OF</span> <span class=type>SUCH</span>
            * <span class=type>DAMAGE</span>.
            */</span>

This is one source of some internal server errors found in lib.haxe.org. e.g. http://lib.haxe.org/p/HUGS/0.3.0/files/haxe/Log.hx