+def applyRules(ical, rules=[], verbose=False):
+ 'Runs a series of rules on the lines in ical and mangles its output'
+
+ for rule in rules:
+ output = []
+ if rule.__doc__ and verbose:
+ print(rule.__doc__)
+ for line in ical:
+ try:
+ out = rule(line[0],line[1])
+ except TypeError, e:
+ output.append(line)
+ print(e)
+ continue
+
+ # Drop lines that are boolean False
+ if not out and not out == None: continue
+
+ # If the rule did something and is a tuple or a list we'll accept it
+ # otherwise, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
+ try:
+ if tuple(out) == out or list(out) == out and len(out) == 2:
+ output.append(tuple(out))
+ else:
+ output.append(line)
+ except TypeError, e:
+ output.append(line)
+
+ ical = output
+
+ return ical
+