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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_arg_list(arglist):
 """ Parses a list of arguments. Arguments are expected to be split by a comma, surrounded by any amount of whitespace. Arguments are then run through Python's eval() method. """

    args = []
    for arg in arglist.split(','):
        arg = arg.strip()
        if arg: # string is not empty
            args.append(eval(arg))
    return args