Some improvements relating to the IRC module.

doc/lib.txt

@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ Internet Protocols and Support
 * `smtp <smtp.html>`_
   This module implement a simple SMTP client. 
 
+* `irc <irc.html>`_
+  This module implements an asynchronous IRC client.  
 
 Parsers
 -------

lib/pure/irc.nim

@@ -160,22 +160,6 @@ proc parseMessage(msg: string): TIRCEvent =
     inc(i) # Skip `:`.
     result.params.add(msg[i..msg.len-1])
 
-proc irc*(address: string, port: TPort = 6667.TPort,
-         nick = "NimrodBot",
-         user = "NimrodBot",
-         realname = "NimrodBot", serverPass = "",
-         joinChans: seq[string] = @[]): TIRC =
-  result.address = address
-  result.port = port
-  result.nick = nick
-  result.user = user
-  result.realname = realname
-  result.serverPass = serverPass
-  result.lastPing = epochTime()
-  result.lastPong = -1.0
-  result.lag = -1.0
-  result.channelsToJoin = joinChans
-
 proc connect*(irc: var TIRC) =
   ## Connects to an IRC server as specified by ``irc``.
   assert(irc.address != "")
@@ -189,6 +173,25 @@ proc connect*(irc: var TIRC) =
   irc.send("NICK " & irc.nick)
   irc.send("USER $1 * 0 :$2" % [irc.user, irc.realname])
 
+proc irc*(address: string, port: TPort = 6667.TPort,
+         nick = "NimrodBot",
+         user = "NimrodBot",
+         realname = "NimrodBot", serverPass = "",
+         joinChans: seq[string] = @[]): TIRC =
+  ## This function calls `connect`, so you don't need to.
+  result.address = address
+  result.port = port
+  result.nick = nick
+  result.user = user
+  result.realname = realname
+  result.serverPass = serverPass
+  result.lastPing = epochTime()
+  result.lastPong = -1.0
+  result.lag = -1.0
+  result.channelsToJoin = joinChans
+
+  result.connect()
+  
 proc poll*(irc: var TIRC, ev: var TIRCEvent,
            timeout: int = 500): bool =
   ## This function parses a single message from the IRC server and returns 
@@ -236,8 +239,7 @@ proc getLastPong*(irc: var TIRC): float =
   return irc.lastPong
  
 when isMainModule:
-  var client = irc("irc.freenode.net",joinChans = @["#nimrod"])
-  client.connect()
+  var client = irc("irc.freenode.net", nick="TestBot", joinChans = @["#nimrod"])
   while True:
     var event: TIRCEvent
     if client.poll(event):

web/news.txt

@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ Library Additions
 - Added ``xmltree.innerText``.
 - Added ``os.isAbsolute``.
 - Added ``locks`` core module for more flexible locking support.
+- Added ``irc`` module.
 
 
 2011-07-10 Version 0.8.12 released

web/nimrod.ini

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ srcdoc: "pure/json;pure/base64;pure/scgi;pure/redis;impure/graphics"
 srcdoc: "impure/rdstdin;wrappers/zmq;wrappers/sphinx"
 srcdoc: "pure/collections/tables;pure/collections/sets;pure/collections/lists"
 srcdoc: "pure/collections/intsets;pure/collections/queues;pure/encodings"
-srcdoc: "pure/events;pure/collections/sequtils"
+srcdoc: "pure/events;pure/collections/sequtils;pure/irc"
 
 webdoc: "wrappers/libcurl;pure/md5;wrappers/mysql;wrappers/iup"
 webdoc: "wrappers/sqlite3;wrappers/postgres;wrappers/tinyc"