def parse_results(result_lines):
    """
     Parses results from the format:
     ['Dimension name1        = 123',
      'Long dimension name2   = 23.45']

     Into a dict {'Dimension name1': 123.0, 'Dimension name2': 23.45}
    """
    result_dict = dict()
    for line in result_lines:
        line_splits = line.split('=')
        metric = line_splits[0].strip()
        value = float(line_splits[1].strip())
        result_dict[metric] = value
    return result_dict