code: def _parse_epo(cls, fname):
          
  
          data = {}
          with open(fname) as fd:
              for el in (cls._strfactory(_) for _ in fd):
                  if el:
                      data.setdefault(el.gabid, []).append( el )
          log.info("parsed %d elements from %s" % (len(data), fname))
          return data
docs: Load an entire file in the EPO format into a dictionary of the type {gab_id => [Epoitem, ...]}
  
          :param fname: file name