Generate report from pycon-pc IRC log (hard coded skipping)

pycon-pc-irc-report.py

import sys
from itertools import dropwhile
import re

START = re.compile(r'''<pycon_bot> ==== Talk (\d{1,3}): (.*?) now, (http://.*?) ====''')
VOTES = re.compile(r'''<pycon_bot> Talk Votes: (\d+) yays, (\d+) nays, (\d+) abstentions''')
DECISION = re.compile(r'''<pycon_bot> ==== Chair decision: talk (\w+)''')

LINE_FORMAT = '{talk_id:>3} {decision} {yays:>2} {nays:>2} {abst:>2} {title}'

# skipped talks or postponed decisions
SKIP = [67]

def find_line(regex):
    lines = dropwhile(lambda s: not regex.search(s), log)
    found = next(lines).strip()
    return regex.search(found).groups()

print LINE_FORMAT.format(talk_id='ID', decision='D', yays='Y', nays='N', abst='A', title='TALK TITLE')
with open(sys.argv[1]) as log:
    while True:
        try:
            talk_id, title, url = find_line(START)
            if int(talk_id) in SKIP:
                print '{talk_id:>3} SKIPPED/POSTPONED/WITHDRAWN'.format(**locals()) 
                continue # hack to ignore skipped/postponed decisions
            yays, nays, abst = find_line(VOTES)
            decision = '+' if find_line(DECISION)[0][0] == 'a' else '-'
            print LINE_FORMAT.format(**locals())
        except StopIteration:
            break