# File lib/cgi-lib.rb, line 162
  def initialize(input = $stdin)

    @inputs = {}
    @cookie = {}

    case ENV['REQUEST_METHOD']
    when "GET"
      ENV['QUERY_STRING'] or ""
    when "POST"
      input.read(Integer(ENV['CONTENT_LENGTH'])) or ""
    else
      read_from_cmdline
    end.split(/[&;]/).each do |x|
      key, val = x.split(/=/,2).collect{|x|CGI::unescape(x)}
      if @inputs.include?(key)
        @inputs[key] += "\0" + (val or "")
      else
        @inputs[key] = (val or "")
      end
    end

    super(@inputs)

    if ENV.has_key?('HTTP_COOKIE') or ENV.has_key?('COOKIE')
      (ENV['HTTP_COOKIE'] or ENV['COOKIE']).split(/; /).each do |x|
        key, val = x.split(/=/,2)
        key = CGI::unescape(key)
        val = val.split(/&/).collect{|x|CGI::unescape(x)}.join("\0")
        if @cookie.include?(key)
          @cookie[key] += "\0" + val
        else
          @cookie[key] = val
        end
      end
    end
  end