[scaladoc] Closes #4452 again. Review by malayeri.

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala
index 1a807cc2c3..9df0069ada 100755
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/ast/DocComments.scala
@@ -304,11 +304,7 @@ trait DocComments { self: SymbolTable =>
       val end = startTag(raw, (defines ::: usecases).sort(_._1 < _._1))
 
       (if (end == raw.length - 2) raw else raw.substring(0, end) + "*/",
-       defines map {
-         case (start, end) => raw.substring(start, end)
-       } map {
-         _.replaceAll("(?m)^\\s+\\*", "")
-       },
+       defines map { case (start, end) => raw.substring(start, end) },
        usecases map { case (start, end) => decomposeUseCase(start, end) })
     }
 
@@ -332,13 +328,18 @@ trait DocComments { self: SymbolTable =>
         pos withStart start1 withPoint start1 withEnd end1
       }
 
-    def defineVariables(sym: Symbol) {
-      for (str <- defines) {
-        val start = skipWhitespace(str, "@define".length)
-        var idx   = skipVariable(str, start)
-        val vble  = variableName(str.substring(start, idx))
+    def defineVariables(sym: Symbol) = {
+      val Trim = "(?s)^[\\s&&[^\n\r]]*(.*?)\\s*$".r
 
-        defs(sym) += vble -> (str drop idx).trim.replaceAll("""\s+\*+$""", "")
+      defs(sym) ++= defines.map {
+        str => {
+          val start = skipWhitespace(str, "@define".length)
+          val (key, value) = str.splitAt(skipVariable(str, start))
+          key.drop(start) -> value
+        }
+      } map {
+        case (key, Trim(value)) =>
+          variableName(key) -> value.replaceAll("\\s+\\*+$", "")
       }
     }
   }