Handy URL params access

location.params.js

/*
 * Handy URL params access
 * @example
 *   location.href = 'http://www.google.com/search?q=foo+bar&client=firefox'
 *   location.params == {q: 'foo+bar', client: 'firefox'}
 */

// JS 1.6 
location.params = {};
location.search.substr(1).split('&').forEach(function(el){
  var key = el.split('=')[0];
  var value = el.split('=')[1];
  location.params[key] = value;
});

// JS 1.7 (Can non-python programmers read it?)
location.params = {};
[location.params[y[0]]=y[1] for each (y in [x.split('=') for each (x in location.search.substr(1).split('&'))])];