def path_from_string(string):
 if (not string):
  return []
 path = PATH_STRING_SEPARATOR.split(string)
 path = [_path_part_unescape(v) for v in path]
 return path

def path_from_string ( string ) : if ( not string ) : return [ ] path = PATH_STRING_SEPARATOR . split ( string ) path = [ _path_part_unescape ( v ) for v in path ] return path
returns a dimension point path from string .