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> docstring_re = re.compile('^u?r?("""|\'\'\')', re.IGNORECASE)
> 
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<             if line[:4] == 'r"""': line = line[1:]
<             if line[:3] == '"""':
<                 line = line[3:]
---
>             match = docstring_re.match(line)
>             if match:
>                 line = line[match.end():]
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<                 result = strip(split(line, '"""')[0])
---
>                 result = strip(re.split('\'\'\'|"""', line)[0])