code: def parse(raw_status, strip_units=False):
      
      lines = split(raw_status)
      if strip_units:
          lines = strip_units_from_lines(lines)
      # Split each line on the SEP character, strip extraneous whitespace and
      # create an OrderedDict out of the keys/values.
      return OrderedDict([[x.strip() for x in x.split(SEP, 1)] for x in lines])
docs: Split the output from get_status() into lines, clean it up and return it as
      an OrderedDict.