Is your code bugged in the following case?

printf(" /*This is not a comment but removing me changes program behaviour*/");

This one more weird

if( match("/*")){
    doMagicStuff();
}
else
    match("*/");

You can incurr the risk of it becoming reduced to

 if( match(""));  //compilation error

You have to write a complete parser (a simple one, but too complex for becoming a single answer) to avoid these issues.

You can know if you have done everything correctly luckily:

• Compile the kernel ==> binaries A
• Strip comments
• Compile the kernel ==> binaries B
• If binaries A and B are not the same, then your comment remover has some bug.

Is your code bugged in the following case?

printf(" /*This is not a comment but removing me changes program behaviour*/");

This one more weird

if( match("/*")){
    doMagicStuff();
}
else
    match("*/");

You can incurr the risk of it becoming reduced to

 if( match(""));  //code that compile fine and have unpredictable side effects

You have to write a complete parser (a simple one, but too complex for becoming a single answer) to avoid these issues.

You can know if you have done everything correctly luckily:

• Compile the kernel ==> binaries A
• Strip comments
• Compile the kernel ==> binaries B
• If binaries A and B are not the same, then your comment remover has some bug.