Generate report from pycon-pc JSON

pycon-pc-irc-report.py

import sys
import json
from itertools import dropwhile

LINE_FORMAT = '{id:>3} {mark} {yay:>2} {nay:>2} {abstain:>2} {name}'

with open(sys.argv[1]) as json_in:
    talks = json.load(json_in)

for talk in dropwhile(lambda x:x['id']<264, talks):
    if 'decision' not in talk:
        break
    else:
        mark = {'rejected':'-', 'accepted': '+', 'poster': 'p'
                }[talk['decision']]
        votes = talk['votes'] if 'votes' in talk else dict(
            yay=0, nay=0, abstain=0)
        talk.update(votes)
        print LINE_FORMAT.format(mark=mark, **talk)