[New-bugs-announce] [issue19571] urlparse.parse_qs with empty string

[stutiredboy]

New submission from stutiredboy:

>>> import urlparse
>>> urlparse.parse_qs('a=&b=1')
{'b': ['1']}
>>> 

why not:

{'a' : [''], 'b' : ['1']}

is this a bug?

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 202751
nosy: stutiredboy
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: urlparse.parse_qs with empty string
versions: Python 2.7

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