Split the JSDoc tag text (everything following the @) at the first
    whitespace.  Returns a tuple of (tagname, body).

def split_tag(section):
    """
    Split the JSDoc tag text (everything following the @) at the first
    whitespace.  Returns a tuple of (tagname, body).
    """
    splitval = re.split('\s+', section, 1)
    tag, body = len(splitval) > 1 and splitval or (splitval[0], '')
    return tag.strip(), body.strip()