Hi,

Turning something like that into a walkable tree doesn't take much

Maybe see

Re: Perl regex \G /g and /gc, Re^2: POD style regex for inline HTML elements, Re: Breaking up a text file to make a Makefile

    while( length( $$dataref ) > pos( $$dataref ) ){
        $$dataref =~ m{\G^(#.*$)}gcm and do {
            push @matches, [ "COMMENT", $1 ];
            TRACE "# COMMENT $1";
            next;

        };;
        m{\G([\<\>])}gcmx and do {
            TRACE "## $dent error-stray<> { $1 } at pos(@{[pos]})";
            last inlineLOOP;
        };;;
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