added parse_qs(query_string)

diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py
index 3862cb548bcbb2e42fec7f526b960ce7924aaf6a..f146dc99e524c7b01e3fc2a52c7ecd1de240523b 100755 (executable)
--- a/Lib/cgi.py
+++ b/Lib/cgi.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # 
 # modified by Steve Majewski <sdm7g@Virginia.EDU> 12/5/94 
 #
+# now maintained as part of the Python distribution
 
 # Several classes to parse the name/value pairs that are passed to 
 # a server's CGI by GET, POST or PUT methods by a WWW FORM. This 
@@ -42,11 +43,17 @@ from os import environ
 
 
 def parse():
+       """Parse the query passed in the environment or on stdin"""
        if environ['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST':
                qs = sys.stdin.read(string.atoi(environ['CONTENT_LENGTH']))
                environ['QUERY_STRING'] = qs
        else:
                qs = environ['QUERY_STRING']
+       return parse_qs(qs)
+
+
+def parse_qs(qs):
+       """Parse a query given as a string argument"""
        name_value_pairs = string.splitfields(qs, '&')
        dict = {}
        for name_value in name_value_pairs: