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Licence Checker: Fully Invert Parser Control

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Python
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Description

This should deal with Block Comment style better, if the comment style gets control over the control flow in the parser.

The idea being we can move away from requirng
```
/* */
/* */
```
and towards
```
/*

… */
```

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

No file, test, or parser entry point is named. Start by locating the licence checker parser in this repository, compare its handling of repeated block comments with the single multi-line block format shown in the issue, and add coverage demonstrating the desired format is accepted while existing formats remain supported.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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