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nemshilov@gmail.com wrote:

> I'm trying to create a custom mode based on the c-mode and there are
> a pair of questions which I cannot figure out by myself.
>
> First, I need to be able to use strings like that
>
> var_a = <<<EOL
> some string inside of it
> EOL;
>
> I with to have all the text between "<<<EOL\n" and "\nEOL;" to be
> marked as a string.
[...]
> The second stuff, I wish to have strings like "#....\n" as single-line
> comments.

>>From the information presented, it sounds like you might be better off
basing your mode on sh-mode. Have at look at how sh-script.el handles
here documents (which is what your first construct is, save for an
extra "<"). Look for "heredocs" in the code.