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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_action_list_attribute(attribute):
 """ Parses a list of actions, as found in the effect attribute of transitions, and the enry and exit actions of states. Actions are separated by a semicolon, surrounded by any amount of whitespace. A action can have the following form: m; m(); m(True); m(*) The asterisk that the state machine should provide the args and kwargs from the incoming event. """

    actions = []
    for action_call in attribute.split(';'):
        action_call = action_call.strip()
        if action_call: # string is not empty
            actions.append(_parse_action(action_call))
    return actions