Ticket #3888: multiline_comments.diff

__init__.py

@@ -88 +88 @@
 UNKNOWN_SOURCE="<unknown source>"
 
 # match a variable or block tag and capture the entire tag, including start/end delimiters
-tag_re = re.compile('(%s.*?%s|%s.*?%s|%s.*?%s)' % (re.escape(BLOCK_TAG_START), re.escape(BLOCK_TAG_END),
+tag_re = re.compile('(%s.*?%s|%s.*?%s|%s[\s\S]*?%s)' % (re.escape(BLOCK_TAG_START), re.escape(BLOCK_TAG_END),
                                           re.escape(VARIABLE_TAG_START), re.escape(VARIABLE_TAG_END),
                                           re.escape(COMMENT_TAG_START), re.escape(COMMENT_TAG_END)))
 # matches if the string is valid number