# File rice/url.rb, line 29
    def URL.parse(urlString)
	urlString =~ REGEX
  	scheme, username, password, host, port, path, argString =
  	    $2, $4, $5, $6, $8, $9, $11

	# There must be a non-nil scheme, so default to http
	scheme ||= 'http'

	# Unescape username and password, if present
	username = CGI::unescape(username) if username
	password = CGI::unescape(password) if password

	args = nil
	if argString
	    # Turn args into a hash, unescaping keys and values as we go
	    args = Hash.new()
	    argString.split(/&/).each { | keyval |
		key, val = keyval.split(/=/)
		args[CGI::unescape(key)] = CGI::unescape(val)
	    }
	end

	return URL.new(scheme, host, port, path, args, username, password)
    end