# File rexml/quickpath.rb, line 240
  def QuickPath::parse_args( element, string )
			# /.*?(?:\)|,)/
			arguments = []
			buffer = ""
			while string and string != ""
				c = string[0]
				string.sub!(/^./u, "")
				case c
				when ?,
					# if depth = 1, then we start a new argument
					arguments << evaluate( buffer )
					#arguments << evaluate( string[0..count] )
				when ?(
					# start a new method call
					function( element, buffer, string )
					buffer = ""
				when ?)
					# close the method call and return arguments
					return arguments
				else
					buffer << c
				end
			end
			""
		end