parameters: (name)
return_statement: return name.lstrip('.')
docstring: Remove leading period from fully-qualified type name.
  
    Due to b/13860351 in descriptor_database.py, types in the root namespace are
    generated with a leading period. This function removes that prefix.
  
    Args:
      name: A str, the fully-qualified symbol name.
  
    Returns:
      A str, the normalized fully-qualified symbol name.
docstring_summary: Remove leading period from fully-qualified type name.
docstring_tokens: Remove leading period from fully - qualified type name .
function: def _NormalizeFullyQualifiedName(name):
    """Remove leading period from fully-qualified type name.
  
    Due to b/13860351 in descriptor_database.py, types in the root namespace are
    generated with a leading period. This function removes that prefix.
  
    Args:
      name: A str, the fully-qualified symbol name.
  
    Returns:
      A str, the normalized fully-qualified symbol name.
    """
    return name.lstrip('.')
function_tokens: def _NormalizeFullyQualifiedName ( name ) : return name . lstrip ( '.' )