def parse_md_code_options(options):
    """Parse 'python class key="value"' into [('python', None), ('class', None), ('key', 'value')]"""

    metadata = []
    while options:
        name_and_value = re.split(r'[\s=]+', options, maxsplit=1)
        name = name_and_value[0]

        # Equal sign in between name and what's next?
        if len(name_and_value) == 2:
            sep = options[len(name):-len(name_and_value[1])]
            has_value = sep.find('=') >= 0
            options = name_and_value[1]
        else:
            has_value = False
            options = ''

        if not has_value:
            metadata.append((name, None))
            continue

        try:
            value = loads(options)
            options = ''
        except JSONDecodeError as err:
            try:
                split = err.colno - 1
            except AttributeError:
                # str(err) is like: "ValueError: Extra data: line 1 column 7 - line 1 column 50 (char 6 - 49)"
                match = re.match(r'.*char ([0-9]*)', str(err))
                split = int(match.groups()[0])

            value = loads(options[:split])
            options = options[split:]

        metadata.append((name, value))

    return metadata