Updated runtime files.
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/asm.vim b/runtime/syntax/asm.vim
index 0ce8d23..f208245 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/asm.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/asm.vim
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
" Maintainer: Erik Wognsen <erik.wognsen@gmail.com>
" Previous maintainer:
" Kevin Dahlhausen <kdahlhaus@yahoo.com>
-" Last Change: 2012 Jan 5
+" Last Change: 2012 Apr 09
" Thanks to Ori Avtalion for feedback on the comment markers!
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@
" GAS supports one type of multi line comments:
syn region asmComment start="/\*" end="\*/" contains=asmTodo
+" GAS (undocumentedly?) supports C++ style comments. Unlike in C/C++ however,
+" a backslash ending a C++ style comment does not extend the comment to the
+" next line (hence the syntax region does not define 'skip="\\$"')
+syn region asmComment start="//" end="$" keepend contains=asmTodo
+
" Line comment characters depend on the target architecture and command line
" options and some comments may double as logical line number directives or
" preprocessor commands. This situation is described at