hmm, intersting results 
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;
use CGI;
my $q = new CGI;
my %Q = $q->Vars();
if(exists $Q{a})
{
    print "a exists ",
           (defined $Q{a} )?("and it is"):("but it isn't"),
          " defined ($Q{a})\n";
}

use Data::Dumper;
print Dumper \%Q;
__END__
F:\>perl -T f a=b
a exists and it is defined (b)
$VAR1 = {
          'a' => 'b'
        };

F:\>perl -T f a=
a exists and it is defined ()
$VAR1 = {
          'a' => ''
        };

F:\>perl -T f a=
a exists and it is defined ()
$VAR1 = {
          'a' => ''
        };

F:\>perl -T f a
$VAR1 = {
          'keywords' => 'a'
        };

F:\>perl -T f a b c d
$VAR1 = {
          'keywords' => 'a b c d'
        };

F:\>perl -T f a=b;a=c;a=d;
a exists and it is defined (b c d)
$VAR1 = {
          'a' => 'b c d'
        };

F:\>

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