/*** is not NatSpec

Author: teofr

crates/solidity-v2/inputs/language/src/definition.rs

@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ language_v2_macros::compile!(Language(
                             // https://stackoverflow.com/a/36328890
                             scanner = Sequence([
                                 Atom("/**"),
-                                Optional(Sequence([Not(['/', '*']), ZeroOrMore(Not(['*']))])),
+                                Not(['/', '*']),
+                                ZeroOrMore(Not(['*'])),
                                 OneOrMore(Atom("*")),
                                 ZeroOrMore(Sequence([
                                     Not(['/', '*']),

crates/solidity-v2/outputs/cargo/parser/src/lexer/contexts.generated.rs

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ fn single_line_nat_spec_comment() {
 
 #[test]
 fn multi_line_comment() {
+    // Three stars is not a NatSpec comment
+    test("/*** */", &[(L::MultiLineComment, 0..7)]);
+    // This could be an empty NatSpec comment, but makes no difference and no sense to support
+    test("/***/", &[(L::MultiLineComment, 0..5)]);
     test("/**/", &[(L::MultiLineComment, 0..4)]);
     test("/* */", &[(L::MultiLineComment, 0..5)]);
     test("/* **/", &[(L::MultiLineComment, 0..6)]);
@@ -46,21 +50,18 @@ fn multi_line_comment() {
 
 #[test]
 fn multi_line_nat_spec_comment() {
-    test("/***/", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..5)]);
     test("/** */", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..6)]);
     test("/** */", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..6)]);
-    test("/*** */", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..7)]);
-    test("/****/", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..6)]);
     test("/** * */", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..8)]);
     test("/** / */", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..8)]);
     test("/** foo */", &[(L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..10)]);
 
     test(
-        "/***/ /***/",
+        "/** a */ /** b */",
         &[
-            (L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..5),
-            (L::Whitespace, 5..6),
-            (L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 6..11),
+            (L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 0..8),
+            (L::Whitespace, 8..9),
+            (L::MultiLineNatSpecComment, 9..17),
         ],
     );