Wiser souls than I will counsel you that only perl can parse Perl. Once upon a time I embarked on a somewhat similar project. Here is some code that you may like to use in testing. Much of it came from insults and taunts from the on again off again monk Abigail 

print <<'drom"edary',<<"f#f",<<'=pod',<< ''; #comment
    Just another Perl Hacker
    drom"edary
    #foo
    f#f
    #bar
    =pod
    #foo
        #too
            #you

    $_ = "Just another Python# Hacker\n";
    s {Python#}
      [Perl];
    print;

    $_=<<'=pod';
    Just another Perl Hacker
    =pod
    print;

    s[foo#]  #comment
    [bar#];  #comment

    m{  \#[#]   # comment
        \w+:    # comment
        [#]     # comment
        \#      # comment
        \}      # comment
        }x;
    #

    $_ = "Just another Perl Hacker\n";
    {
        print if m\foo\#comment
    }

    $_ = "Just another Perl Hacker # No comment, no comment!
        # Yes, really!
        # I am really a Perl Hacker!
    ";print;

    (1) ? print "foo#\n" : print "bar#\n";  # foobar

    print "\"Goodnight I'm tired!\"
    # No comment here\n"; # but one here
    sleep 1;    # Because tired
    print "Goodbye!\n";

    BEGIN {if ($ARGV [0]) {eval 'sub foo ()  {print}'}
           else           {eval 'sub foo ($) {print}'}
    }
    $_ = "Just another Perl Hacker\n";
    foo /#/;
    1;

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cheers

tachyon

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In reply to Re: Appropriate CPAN namespace for perl parser by tachyon
in thread Appropriate CPAN namespace for perl parser by Anonymous Monk

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