Can \xcontfrac be modified?

[David Jonah]

As written, \xcontfrac only accepts non-negative integers as entries. Can \xcontfrac be modified to also accept \sqrt2}?

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> 2^{1/2) works in \xcontfrac, but \sqrt{2} doesn't. 
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> For \xcontfrac see
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