code: def _parse_author(self):
          r
          command = LatexCommand(
              'author',
              {'name': 'authors', 'required': True, 'bracket': '{'})
          try:
              parsed = next(command.parse(self._tex))
          except StopIteration:
              self._logger.warning('lsstdoc has no author')
              self._authors = []
              return
  
          try:
              content = parsed['authors']
          except KeyError:
              self._logger.warning('lsstdoc has no author')
              self._authors = []
              return
  
          # Clean content
          content = content.replace('\n', ' ')
          content = content.replace('~', ' ')
          content = content.strip()
  
          # Split content into list of individual authors
          authors = []
          for part in content.split(','):
              part = part.strip()
              for split_part in part.split('and '):
                  split_part = split_part.strip()
                  if len(split_part) > 0:
                      authors.append(split_part)
          self._authors = authors
docs: r"""Parse the author from TeX source.
  
          Sets the ``_authors`` attribute.
  
          Goal is to parse::
  
             \author{
             A.~Author,
             B.~Author,
             and
             C.~Author}
  
          Into::
  
             ['A. Author', 'B. Author', 'C. Author']