# File lib/rdoc/rdoc.rb, line 114
    def parse_dot_doc_file(in_dir, filename, options)
      # read and strip comments
      patterns = File.read(filename).gsub(/#.*/, '')

      result = []

      patterns.split.each do |patt|
        candidates = Dir.glob(File.join(in_dir, patt))
        result.concat(normalized_file_list(options,  candidates))
      end
      result
    end