snippet.txt

foldingStartMarker = '/\*(\*|\s+\w)(?!\*)|\{\s*($|/\*(?!.*?\*/.*\S))';
foldingStopMarker = '(?<!\*)\*\*/|/\*\s+-+\s+\*/|^\s*\}';

Update these expressions so they also recongize:

foldingStartMarker:

/* section: something variable
---------------------------------------------- */

foldingStopMarker:

/* ------------------------------------------- */

If it helps they number of dashes is always the same:

foldingStarMark = 47
foldingStopMarker = 44