code: function (text /*:String*/, decode /*:Boolean*/) /*:Object*/ {
          
          var cookies /*:Object*/ = {};
          
          if (YAHOO.lang.isString(text) && text.length > 0) {
              
              var decodeValue = (decode === false ? function(s){return s;} : decodeURIComponent);
              
              //if (/[^=]+=[^=;]?(?:; [^=]+=[^=]?)?/.test(text)){
                  var cookieParts /*:Array*/ = text.split(/;\s/g),
                      cookieName /*:String*/ = null,
                      cookieValue /*:String*/ = null,
                      cookieNameValue /*:Array*/ = null;
                  
                  for (var i=0, len=cookieParts.length; i < len; i++){
                      
                      //check for normally-formatted cookie (name-value)
                      cookieNameValue = cookieParts[i].match(/([^=]+)=/i);
                      if (cookieNameValue instanceof Array){
                          try {
                              cookieName = decodeURIComponent(cookieNameValue[1]);
                              cookieValue = decodeValue(cookieParts[i].substring(cookieNameValue[1].length+1));
                          } catch (ex){
                              //ignore the entire cookie - encoding is likely invalid
                          }
                      } else {
                          //means the cookie does not have an "=", so treat it as a boolean flag
                          cookieName = decodeURIComponent(cookieParts[i]);
                          cookieValue = "";
                      }
                      cookies[cookieName] = cookieValue;
                  }
              //}
          }
          
          return cookies;
      }
docs: Parses a cookie string into an object representing all accessible cookies.
  @param {String} text The cookie string to parse.
  @param {Boolean} decode (Optional) Indicates if the cookie values should be decoded or not. Default is true.
  @return {Object} An object containing entries for each accessible cookie.
  @method _parseCookieString
  @private
  @static