in escodegen.js [588:638]
function adjustMultilineComment(value, specialBase) {
var array, i, len, line, j, spaces, previousBase, sn;
array = value.split(/\r\n|[\r\n]/);
spaces = Number.MAX_VALUE;
// first line doesn't have indentation
for (i = 1, len = array.length; i < len; ++i) {
line = array[i];
j = 0;
while (j < line.length && esutils.code.isWhiteSpace(line.charCodeAt(j))) {
++j;
}
if (spaces > j) {
spaces = j;
}
}
if (typeof specialBase !== 'undefined') {
// pattern like
// {
// var t = 20; /*
// * this is comment
// */
// }
previousBase = base;
if (array[1][spaces] === '*') {
specialBase += ' ';
}
base = specialBase;
} else {
if (spaces & 1) {
// /*
// *
// */
// If spaces are odd number, above pattern is considered.
// We waste 1 space.
--spaces;
}
previousBase = base;
}
for (i = 1, len = array.length; i < len; ++i) {
sn = toSourceNodeWhenNeeded(addIndent(array[i].slice(spaces)));
array[i] = sourceMap ? sn.join('') : sn;
}
base = previousBase;
return array.join('\n');
}