1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Utils.py b/src/Utils.py
index b5fa8452..e87330c2 100644
--- a/src/Utils.py
+++ b/src/Utils.py
@@ -313,3 +313,35 @@ def get_hashflags(filename):
                     value = line_split[1]
                 hashflags[hashflag] = value
     return hashflags.items()
+
+class Docstring(object):
+    def __init__(self, description, items):
+        self.description = description
+        self.items = items
+
+def parse_docstring(s):
+    description = ""
+    last_item = None
+    items = {}
+    if s:
+        for line in s.split("\n"):
+            line = line.strip()
+
+            if line:
+                if line[0] == ":":
+                    line_split = line.split(": ", 1)
+
+                    value = None
+                    if len(line_split) > 1:
+                        value = line_split[1]
+
+                    last_item = line_split[0][1:].lower()
+                    items[last_item] = value
+                else:
+                    if last_item:
+                        items[last_item] += " %s" % line
+                    else:
+                        if description:
+                            description += " "
+                        description += line
+    return Docstring(description, items)