comment=

# File lib/rdoc/code_object.rb, line 123
  def comment=(comment)
    @comment = case comment
               when NilClass               then ''
               when RDoc::Markup::Document then comment
               else
                 if comment and not comment.empty? then
                   normalize_comment comment
                 else
                   # TODO is this sufficient?
                   # HACK correct fix is to have #initialize create @comment
                   #      with the correct encoding
                   if String === @comment and
                      Object.const_defined? :Encoding and @comment.empty? then
                     @comment.force_encoding comment.encoding
                   end
                   @comment
                 end
               end
  end