# File nqxml/tokenizer.rb, line 179
 def skipSpaces
	    while @currInput.pos >= @currInput.length
		@inputStack.pop()
		@currInput = @inputStack.last
	    end

	    endOfSpaces = @currInput.string.index(NOT_SPACES_REGEX,
						  @currInput.pos)
	    if endOfSpaces.nil?
		# There's nothing but whitespace from here until end of the
		# current input stream. Pop this input and continue searching.
		@currInput.pos = @currInput.length

		while @currInput.pos >= @currInput.length
		    @inputStack.pop()
		    @currInput = @inputStack.last
		end

		skipSpaces() if @currInput
	    else
		@currInput.pos = endOfSpaces
	    end
	end