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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _parse_indices(self):
 """Parse a sequence of Fortran vector indices as a list of tuples."""

        v_name = self.prior_token
        v_indices = []

        while self.token in (',', '('):
            v_indices.append(self._parse_index(v_name))

        return v_indices