diff --git a/tools/spec.py b/tools/spec.py
index 3c8b4cc..05d6275 100755
--- a/tools/spec.py
+++ b/tools/spec.py
@@ -278,16 +278,24 @@ class pod(type):
         self._depends += list(e.text for e in node.findall('.//enum'))
         self._depends += list(t.text for t in node.findall('.//type'))
 
-        self._members = list(map(
-            lambda x: {
-                'type': x.find('type').text,
-                'name': x.find('name').text,
-                # we must include a space separator otherwise we get run-on
-                # types/names in the member definitions.
-                'code': " ".join(rename(c) for c in x.itertext())
-            },
-            node.findall('./member'))
-        )
+        self._members = []
+
+        for member in node.findall('./member'):
+            type = member.find('type').text
+            name = member.find('name').text
+
+            comment = member.find('comment')
+            if not comment is None:
+                member.remove(comment)
+            code = " ".join(member.itertext())
+
+            #code = member.iter()
+            #code = filter(lambda x: x.tag != 'comment', code)
+            #code = map(lambda x: x.itertext(), code)
+            #code = map(lambda x: "".join(x), code)
+            #code = "".join(code)
+
+            self._members.append({'code': code, 'type': type, 'name': name})
 
     def depends(self):
         return self._depends