Read optional attributes of comments

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mammoth/docx/comments_xml.py b/mammoth/docx/comments_xml.py
index fbf1bc4..6d35c12 100644
--- a/mammoth/docx/comments_xml.py
+++ b/mammoth/docx/comments_xml.py
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ def create_comments_reader(body_reader):
 
 
     def _read_comment_element(element):
+        def read_optional_attribute(name):
+            return element.attributes.get(name, "").strip() or None
+
         return body_reader.read_all(element.children).map(lambda body:
             documents.comment(
                 comment_id=element.attributes["w:id"],
                 body=body,
-                author_name=None,
-                author_initials=None,
+                author_name=read_optional_attribute("w:author"),
+                author_initials=read_optional_attribute("w:initials"),
             ))
 
     return read_comments_xml_element