strip_hashes

# File lib/rdoc/text.rb, line 148
  def strip_hashes text
    return text if text =~ /^(?>\s*)[^\#]/

    empty = ''
    empty = RDoc::Encoding.change_encoding empty, text.encoding

    text.gsub(/^\s*(#+)/) { $1.tr '#', ' ' }.gsub(/^\s+$/, empty)
  end