def METHOD_NAME(events_filename, verbose=False):
    events = tuple(yaml.load(open(events_filename, 'rb'), Loader=EventsLoader))
    output = yaml.emit(events)
    if verbose:
        print("OUTPUT:", events_filename)  # ext-print: ignore
        print(output)  # ext-print: ignore
    new_events = list(yaml.parse(output))
    no_comments = filter(lambda e: not isinstance(e, yaml.CommentEvent), events)
    _compare_events(list(no_comments), new_events)