doc.coffee

sys: require 'sys'
require './jsdocstring'

howdy: (lol) ->
    "Well hello there, folks. I'm testing out my docString thing.
    In coffeescript.

    DocStrings are awesome."
    lol

sys.puts howdy.__doc__

jsdocstring.js

var sys = require('sys');
var getDocString = function() {
    if(this.__docString !== undefined) {
        return this.__docString;
    }

    var source = this.toString();
    var re = /\s*('(.*)(('|\\)([;\s]*))|"(.*)(("|\\)([;\s]*)))/g,
        parts = [];
    do {
        var match = re(source);
        if(match) {
            var part = match[0].replace(/\s*$/g, '').replace(/^\s*/g, ''),
                last = part.charAt(part.length-1);

            

            parts.push(part.replace(/^('|")/g,'').replace(/(['"\\]{1})(;)?$/, ''));
            source = source.slice(match.index + match[0].length);
            if(last == '\\') {
                re = /\s*(.*)(['"\\]{1})(;)?\s*/;
            }
        }
    } while(match);
    this.__docString = parts.join("\n");
    return this.__docString;
};

Function.prototype.__defineGetter__('__doc__', getDocString);

var test1 = function() {
    "Double quote style";
};

var test2 = function() {
    'single quote style';
}

var test3 = function() {
    'i\'m happy for you';
}

var test4 = function() {
    'multi line score \
    lol hi';
}


var test5 = function() {
    'multi line score \
    that ends weird'
}