remove comments from json

json parseJsonFileWithComments( const std::string& path )
{
    std::string str = util::getFileContents( path, true );

    std::string noComments = "";
    bool quote = false;
    bool escape = false;
    for ( int i = 0; i < str.length(); ++i )
    {
        char c = str[ i ];
        char n = i < str.length() - 1 ? str[ i + 1 ] : '\0';

        if ( escape )
        {
            noComments += c;
            escape = false;
            continue;
        }

        if ( quote )
        {
            if ( c == '\\' )
            {
                escape = true;
                continue;
            }
        }

        if ( c == '"' )
            quote = !quote;
        else if ( c == '/' && n == '/' )
        {
            i = str.find( '\n', i + 2 );
            continue;
        }
        else if ( c == '/' && n == '*' )
        {
            i = str.find( "*/", i + 2 ) + 2;
            continue;
        }

        noComments += c;
    }

    return json::parse( noComments );
}