split parameter line with quotes

[teddyber]

Hello,

first i'm a newbie to python (but i searched the Internet i swear).
i'm looking for some way to split up a string into a list of pairs
'key=value'. This code should be able to handle this particular
example string :

qop="auth,auth-int,auth-conf",cipher="rc4-40,rc4-56,rc4,des,
3des",maxbuf=1024,charset=utf-8,algorithm=md5-sess

i know i can do that with some regexp (i'm currently trying to learn
that) but if there's some other way...

thanks