parse_files

# File lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb, line 191
    def parse_files(options)
      @stats = Stats.new options.verbosity

      files = options.files
      files = ["."] if files.empty?

      file_list = normalized_file_list(options, files, true, options.exclude)

      return [] if file_list.empty?

      file_info = []

      file_list.each do |filename|
        @stats.add_file filename

        content = if RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9' then
                    File.open(filename, "r:ascii-8bit") { |f| f.read }
                  else
                    File.read filename
                  end

        if defined? Encoding then
          if /coding:\s*(\S+)/ =~ content[/\A(?:.*\n){0,2}/]
            if enc = ::Encoding.find($1)
              content.force_encoding(enc)
            end
          end
        end

        top_level = ::RDoc::TopLevel.new filename

        parser = ::RDoc::Parser.for top_level, filename, content, options,
                                    @stats

        file_info << parser.scan
      end

      file_info
    end