code: def convertDescriptionToRST(textRoot, node, soupTag, heading):
      '''
      Parses the ``node`` XML document and returns a reStructuredText formatted
      string.  Helper method for :func:`~exhale.parse.getBriefAndDetailedRST`.
  
      .. todo:: actually document this
      '''
      if soupTag.para:
          children = soupTag.findChildren(recursive=False)
          for child in children:
              walk(textRoot, child, 0, None, "\n")
          contents = soupTag.get_text()
  
          if not heading:
              return contents
  
          start = textwrap.dedent('''
              {heading}
              {heading_mark}
          '''.format(
              heading=heading,
              heading_mark=utils.heading_mark(
                  heading,
                  configs.SUB_SECTION_HEADING_CHAR
              )
          ))
          return "{0}{1}".format(start, contents)
      else:
          return "f convertDescriptionToRST(textRoot, node, soupTag, heading):
      '''
      Parses the ``node`` XML document and returns a reStructuredText formatted
      string.  Helper method for :func:`~exhale.parse.getBriefAndDetailedRST`.
  
      .. todo:: actually document this
      '''
      if soupTag.para:
          children = soupTag.findChildren(recursive=False)
          for child in children:
              walk(textRoot, child, 0, None, "\n")
          contents = soupTag.get_text()
  
          if not heading:
              return contents
  
          start = textwrap.dedent('''
              {heading}
              {heading_mark}
          '''.format(
              heading=heading,
              heading_mark=utils.heading_mark(
                  heading,
                  configs.SUB_SECTION_HEADING_CHAR
              )
          ))
          return "{0}{1}".format(start, contents)
      else:
          return ""
docs: Parses the ``node`` XML document and returns a reStructuredText formatted
      string.  Helper method for :func:`~exhale.parse.getBriefAndDetailedRST`.
  
      .. todo:: actually document this