class Asciidoctor::AttributeList

def parse(posattrs = [])
  return @attributes unless @attributes.nil?
  @attributes = {}
  # not sure if I want this assignment or not
  #attributes[0] = @scanner.string
  index = 0
  while parse_attribute(index, posattrs)
    break if @scanner.eos?
    skip_delimiter
    index += 1
  end
  @attributes
end