# File lib/yard/handlers/ruby/legacy/attribute_handler.rb, line 4
  def process
    begin
      attr_type   = statement.tokens.first.text.to_sym
      symbols     = tokval_list statement.tokens[2..-1], :attr, TkTRUE, TkFALSE
      read, write = true, false
    rescue SyntaxError
      raise YARD::Parser::UndocumentableError, attr_type
    end
    
    # Change read/write based on attr_reader/writer/accessor
    case attr_type
    when :attr
      # In the case of 'attr', the second parameter (if given) isn't a symbol.
      write = symbols.pop if symbols.size == 2
    when :attr_accessor
      write = true
    when :attr_reader
      # change nothing
    when :attr_writer
      read, write = false, true
    end

    # Add all attributes
    symbols.each do |name| 
      namespace.attributes[scope][name] = SymbolHash[:read => nil, :write => nil]
      
      # Show their methods as well
      {:read => name, :write => "#{name}="}.each do |type, meth|
        next unless (type == :read ? read : write)
        
        namespace.attributes[scope][name][type] = MethodObject.new(namespace, meth, scope) do |o|
          if type == :write
            src = "def #{meth}(value)"
            full_src = "#{src}\n  @#{name} = value\nend"
            doc = "Sets the attribute +#{name}+\n@param value the value to set the attribute +#{name}+ to."
          else
            src = "def #{meth}"
            full_src = "#{src}\n  @#{name}\nend"
            doc = "Returns the value of attribute +#{name}+"
          end
          o.source ||= full_src
          o.signature ||= src
          o.docstring = statement.comments.to_s.empty? ? doc : statement.comments
        end
        
        # Register the objects explicitly
        register namespace.attributes[scope][name][type]
      end
    end
  end