code: def parse_hstring(hs):
      
      # split the string on = and /, also stripping whitespace and annoying quotes
      name, value, comment = yield_three(
          [val.strip().strip("'") for val in filter(None, re.split("[=/]+", hs))]
      )
  
      # if comment has a slash in it, put it back together
      try:
          len(comment)
      except:
          pass
      else:
          comment = '/'.join(comment)
      return name, value, comment
docs: Parse a single item from the telescope server into name, value, comment.