# File lib/Dnsruby/zone_reader.rb, line 149
    def strip_comments_meticulously(line)
      # We have escape characters in the text. Go through it character by
      # character and work out what's escaped and quoted and what's not
      escaped = false
      quoted = false
      pos = 0
      line.each_char {|c|
        if (c == "\\")
          if (!escaped)
            escaped = true
          else
            escaped = false
          end
        else
          if (escaped)
            if (c >= "0" && c <= "9") # rfc 1035 5.1 \DDD
              pos = pos + 2
            end
            escaped = false
            next
          else
            if (c == "\"")
              if (quoted)
                quoted = false
              else
                quoted = true
              end
            else
              if (c == ";")
                if (!quoted)
                  return line[0, pos+1]
                end
              end
            end
          end
        end
        pos +=1
      }
      return line
    end