mixster

def parse(self, data):
        if len(data) == 0:
            return ERR.NODAT

        if data[0] == ':':
            data = data[1:].split(' ')
            if len(data) != 0:
                prefix = data.pop(0)
                rs = prefix.find("!")
                hs = prefix.find("@")
                if hs == -1:
                    hs = len(prefix)
                if rs == -1:
                    rs = hs
                prefix = (prefix[:rs], prefix[rs + 1:hs], prefix[hs + 1:])
            else:
                prefix = ('', '', '')

            data = ' '.join(data)
        else:
            prefix = ('', '', '')

        pe = data.find(' :')
        trail = data[pe + 2:]
        params = data[:pe].split(' ')

        if len(params) != 0:
            com = params.pop(0)
        else:
            print "PROBLEM PARSING FOLLOWING LINE"
            print "<<" + data
            com = ""

        print str(prefix) + com + "::" + "|".join(params) + "[" + str(len(params)) + "]::" + trail

        return (prefix, (com, params, trail))