#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""Remove all C/C++ comments from a file."""

import sys
import re


def remove_comments(source):
    pattern = re.compile(
        r'//.*?$|/\*.*?\*/|"(?:\\.|[^"\\])*"|\'(?:\\.|[^\'\\])*\'',
        re.DOTALL | re.MULTILINE,
    )

    def replacer(match):
        s = match.group(0)
        if s.startswith("/"):
            return " " if s.startswith("/*") else ""
        return s

    return pattern.sub(replacer, source)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <file> [--inplace]", file=sys.stderr)
        sys.exit(1)

    path = sys.argv[1]
    inplace = "--inplace" in sys.argv

    with open(path) as f:
        result = remove_comments(f.read())

    if inplace:
        with open(path, "w") as f:
            f.write(result)
    else:
        print(result, end="")