class RDoc::Markup::AttributeManager

def mask_protected_sequences
  # protect __send__, __FILE__, etc.
  @str.gsub!(/__([a-z]+)__/i,
    "_#{PROTECT_ATTR}_#{PROTECT_ATTR}\\1_#{PROTECT_ATTR}_#{PROTECT_ATTR}")
  @str.gsub!(/(\A|[^\\])\\([#{Regexp.escape @protectable.join}])/m,
             "\\1\\2#{PROTECT_ATTR}")
  @str.gsub!(/\\(\\[#{Regexp.escape @protectable.join}])/m, "\\1")
end