+ /*
+ * If /x was used, we have to worry about a regex
+ * ending with a comment later being embedded
+ * within another regex. If so, we don't want this
+ * regex's "commentization" to leak out to the
+ * right part of the enclosing regex, we must cap
+ * it with a newline.
+ *
+ * So, if /x was used, we scan backwards from the
+ * end of the regex. If we find a '#' before we
+ * find a newline, we need to add a newline
+ * ourself. If we find a '\n' first (or if we
+ * don't find '#' or '\n'), we don't need to add
+ * anything. -jfriedl
+ */
+ if (PMf_EXTENDED & re->reganch)
+ {
+ char *endptr = re->precomp + re->prelen;
+ while (endptr >= re->precomp)
+ {
+ char c = *(endptr--);
+ if (c == '\n')
+ break; /* don't need another */
+ if (c == '#') {
+ /* we end while in a comment, so we
+ need a newline */
+ mg->mg_len++; /* save space for it */
+ need_newline = 1; /* note to add it */
+ }
+ }
+ }
+