title: parse query string with urllib in Python 2.4
body: <p>Using Python2.4.5 (don't ask!) I want to parse a query string and get a dict in return. Do I have to do it "manually" like follows?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; qs = 'first=1&amp;second=4&amp;third=3'
  &gt;&gt;&gt; d = dict([x.split("=") for x in qs.split("&amp;")])
  &gt;&gt;&gt; d
  {'second': '4', 'third': '3', 'first': '1'}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Didn't find any useful method in <code>urlparse</code>.</p>