Updated README, strings can now contain comments.

README.md

@@ -1,8 +1,34 @@
 # ASL
 
-ASL stands for Arma Scripting Language, which is a language compiled to SQF.
+ASL stands for Arma Scripting Language, a C-style scripting language compiled to SQF.
-This scripting language tries to simplify Arma mod development and eliminate the pain of bad syntax using SQF.
+ASL is intended to simplify Arma 3 mod and mission development and eliminate the pain of SQF's bad syntax.
+
+Main reasons for ASL:
+
+* consistent and clean syntax
+* less writing
+* easier to read and maintain
+* easy to lern and understand
+* full replacement of SQF
+* compatible with Arma wiki and commands
+
+The compiler is written in Go and implemented as a simple recursive decent parser and uses concurrency to compile multiple files at once, which makes it really fast.
 
 ## Syntax
 
 *coming soon*
+
+## Contribute
+
+To contribute please create pull requests or explain your ideas in the issue section on GitHub. Report any bugs or incompatible ASL <-> SQF syntax you can find.
+
+## Further information
+
+For further information you can read the SQF tutorial and documentation of scripting commands on the Arma wiki.
+
+* [Arma Wiki](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Main_Page)
+* [Scripting commands](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Category:Scripting_Commands_Arma_3)
+
+## License
+
+MIT

in/test.asl

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-var _x = "This is a string!";
+var _x = "/* multi line comment */";
-var _y = "";
+var _y = "// single line comment";
-var _z = "\"mask\"";

src/asl/tokenizer.go

@@ -103,11 +103,22 @@ func Tokenize(code []byte) []Token {
 // multi line comments with /* ... */ (slash star, star slash).
 func removeComments(code []byte) []byte {
 	newcode := make([]byte, len(code))
-	j := 0
+	j, mask, isstring := 0, false, false
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(code); i++ {
 		c := code[i]
 		
+		// do not remove comments from strings
+		if c == '\\' && !mask {
+		    mask = true
+		}
+		
+		if c == '"' && !mask {
+		    isstring = !isstring
+		}
+
+        // single/multi line comment
+        if !isstring {
     		if c == '/' && nextChar(code, i) == '/' {
     			i = skipSingleLineComment(code, i+1)
     			continue
@@ -115,9 +126,11 @@ func removeComments(code []byte) []byte {
     			i = skipMultiLineComment(code, i+1)
     			continue
     		}
+        }
 
 		newcode[j] = c
 		j++
+		mask = false
 	}
 
 	return newcode[:j]