extractComments (
        text,
        extractRe=re.compile( '^((?P<blankline>\s*$)|(?P<namedobj>(?P<indent>\s*)(?P<nametype>(class|def))\s+(?P<name>[0-9A-Za-z_]+))|(?P<commentline>\s*#+(?P<comment>.*)))' ).search,
        ignoreRe=re.compile( '\s*[+-=#][ +-=#]*\s*$' ).match,
        )

Given a block of Python source, extract the comments.

The comment text is associated with nearby named objects (functions, methods, classes, etc.). This function returns a dictionary of names and the associated comment text.

Arguments

text

The Python source to be scanned.