code: def debugArgsToDict(a):
      
      s = a.replace('+', ' ')
      s = s.replace('=', ':')
      s = re.sub(r'([A-Z][A-Z_]+)', r"'\1'", s)
      return ast.literal_eval('{ ' + s + ' }')
docs: Converts a string representation of debug arguments to a dictionary.
      The string can be of the form
  
         IDENTIFIER1=val1,IDENTIFIER2=val2
  
  
       :param a: the argument string
       :return: the dictionary