Comments in regex

[bigi]

I've got quite a lot of complex regex filters in my current config, and to ease find the right ones as i go through issues, I have started making lines containing -----zzzzz <comment> but this is causing issues if i specify any special characters in the explanation!

the reason it's a bit of a nightmare is i have about 85 current regex filters, and about 20 of them handle dates, years, and number ranges - so having to work out what each look ahead/behind/up/down(!) regex is doing takes an age.

To ease my aching brain cell, is it possible to add a separate comments field - or even some way to signify a special comment line that the regex engine completely ignores?