parameters: (pairString)
return_statement: return dict(parse_pairs_list(pairString))
docstring: parse a string like 'name=value name2=value2' into a
      dictionary of {'name': 'value', 'name2': 'value2'}
docstring_summary: parse a string like 'name=value name2=value2' into a
      dictionary of {'name': 'value', 'name2': 'value2'}
docstring_tokens: parse a string like name = value name2 = value2 into a dictionary of { name : value name2 : value2 }
function: def parse_pairs(pairString):
      """parse a string like 'name=value name2=value2' into a
      dictionary of {'name': 'value', 'name2': 'value2'} """
      return dict(parse_pairs_list(pairString))
function_tokens: def parse_pairs ( pairString ) : return dict ( parse_pairs_list ( pairString ) )