def _general_help_filter(self, line):
        """ helper function that finds out the general help message
        """
        if self._comment_head.search(line) is not None:
            self._tmp_indent = line.find('"') + 3
            self._is_comment = not self._is_comment

        if self._is_comment is True:
            self._general_help += line[self._tmp_indent:]

        if self._general_help is not '' and self._is_comment is False:
            self._phase = Phase.HAVE_GENERAL_MSG
 helper function that finds out the general help message
        
recipes/Python/577860_HelpMaker_builds_help_message_comments/recipe-577860.py