strings. The variable can be described
in the module or class where it is defined using the tags <code>@var</code>,
<code>@ivar</code>, <code>@cvar</code>; but this only allows for a textual
description: no further metadata can be added to the variable (except for the
type, using the <code>@type</code> tag. </p>

<p> Epydoc supports <i>variable docstrings</i>:  if a variable
assignment statement is immediately followed by a bare string literal,
then that assignment is treated as a docstring for that variabl