Thanks to scole@planetweb.com, no more un-ECMA error for /* in a /**/ comment (110286, r=khanson, sr=brendan).

js/src/js.msg

@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ MSG_DEF(JSMSG_BAD_PROTOTYPE,          135, 1, JSEXN_TYPEERR,   "'prototype' prop
 MSG_DEF(JSMSG_MISSING_EXPONENT,       136, 0, JSEXN_SYNTAXERR, "missing exponent")
 MSG_DEF(JSMSG_OUT_OF_MEMORY,          137, 0, JSEXN_ERR, "out of memory")
 MSG_DEF(JSMSG_UNTERMINATED_STRING,    138, 0, JSEXN_SYNTAXERR, "unterminated string literal")
-MSG_DEF(JSMSG_NESTED_COMMENT,         139, 0, JSEXN_SYNTAXERR, "nested comment")
+MSG_DEF(JSMSG_UNUSED0,                139, 0, JSEXN_NONE, "<Error #139 is currently unused>")
 MSG_DEF(JSMSG_UNTERMINATED_COMMENT,   140, 0, JSEXN_SYNTAXERR, "unterminated comment")
 MSG_DEF(JSMSG_UNTERMINATED_REGEXP,    141, 0, JSEXN_SYNTAXERR, "unterminated regular expression literal")
 MSG_DEF(JSMSG_BAD_REGEXP_FLAG,        142, 0, JSEXN_SYNTAXERR, "invalid flag after regular expression")

js/src/jsscan.c

@@ -1091,15 +1091,10 @@ skipline:
 	    goto retry;
 	}
 	if (MatchChar(ts, '*')) {
-	    while ((c = GetChar(ts)) != EOF &&
-		   !(c == '*' && MatchChar(ts, '/'))) {
-		if (c == '/' && MatchChar(ts, '*')) {
-		    if (MatchChar(ts, '/'))
-			goto retry;
-		    js_ReportCompileErrorNumber(cx, ts, NULL, JSREPORT_ERROR,
-                                                JSMSG_NESTED_COMMENT);
-		}
-	    }
+            while ((c = GetChar(ts)) != EOF &&
+                   !(c == '*' && MatchChar(ts, '/'))) {
+                /* Ignore all characters until comment close. */
+            }
 	    if (c == EOF) {
 		js_ReportCompileErrorNumber(cx, ts, NULL, JSREPORT_ERROR,
                                             JSMSG_UNTERMINATED_COMMENT);