code: def attributes_strToDict(astr_attributes, astr_separator=" "):
    
    adict = {}
    alist = str2lst(astr_attributes, astr_separator)
    for str_pair in alist:
      alistTuple = str2lst(str_pair, "=")
      adict.setdefault(alistTuple[0], alistTuple[1].strip(chr(0x22) + chr(0x27)))
    return adict
docs: This is logical inverse of the dictToStr method. The <astr_attributes>
    string *MUST* have <key>=<value> tuples separated by <astr_separator>.