code: def _load_codes(self, tag, ssh=False):
          
          codes = []
          for code in tag:
              if code.tag == "trunk":
                  codes.append(code.attrib["value"])
          
          if ssh == False:
              self._vardict["codes"] = codes
          else:
              self._vardict["ssh.codes"] = codes
docs: Extracts all the paths to additional code directories to 
          be considered.
  
          :arg tag: the ET tag for the <codes> element.