nl_tokens: -----------
pl_tokens: function parse_query_string ( raw_query_string , strategy ) { const trimmed_raw_query_string = raw_query_string . trim ( ) ; if ( [ '' , '?' , '#' , '?#' ] . includes ( trimmed_raw_query_string ) ) { return { } ; } const hash_index = trimmed_raw_query_string . indexOf ( '#' ) ; /* eslint-disable indent */ const query_string = trimmed_raw_query_string . substring ( '?' === trimmed_raw_query_string . substring ( 0 , 1 ) ? 1 : 0 , - 1 === hash_index ? undefined : hash_index , ) . <mask> ( / (?:^[&\s]+|[&\s]+$) / g , '' ) // trim white space and &'s . replace ( / [&\s]*&[&\s]* / g , '&' ) ; /* eslint-enable indent */ if ( '' === query_string ) { return { } ; } return strategy . parse_query_string ( query_string ) ; }