class_docstr: Handles metadata supplied in configuration files.
class_docstr_tok: ["Handles","metadata","supplied","in","configuration","files","."]
docstr: Represents value as a dict.
  
  :param value:
  :rtype: dict
docstr_tok: ["Represents","value","as","a","dict",".",":","param","value",":",":","rtype",":","dict"]
code: def _parse_dict(cls, value):
      """Represents value as a dict.
  
      :param value:
      :rtype: dict
      """
      separator = "="
      result = {}
      for line in cls._parse_list(value):
          key, sep, val = line.partition(separator)
          if sep != separator:
              raise OptionError(
                  f"Unable to parse option value to dict: {value}"
              )
          result[key.strip()] = val.strip()
  
      return result
  
imports: import contextlib
  import functools
  import os
  from collections import defaultdict
  from functools import partial
  from functools import wraps
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable, Any, Dict, Generic, Iterable, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, TypeVar, Union
  from ..errors import FileError, OptionError
  from ..extern.packaging.markers import default_environment
  from ..extern.packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement, Requirement
  from ..extern.packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
  from ..extern.packaging.version import InvalidVersion, Version
  from ..warnings import SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning
  from .None import expand
label_desc: Use image node_id 6 for calling the ConfigHandler obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj._parse_dict(cls, value) and returns: result