Irc

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* Dropped support for Python 2.6.
* Dropped ``irc.client.LineBuffer`` and ``irc.client.DecodingBuffer``
(available in ``irc.client.buffer``).
* Renamed ``irc.client.IRC`` to ``irc.client.Manifold`` to provide a clearer
name for that object. Clients supporting 8.6 and later can use the
``Manifold`` name. Latest clients must use the ``Manifold`` name.
* Renamed ``irc.client.Connection.irclibobj`` property to ``manifold``. The
property is still exposed as ``irclibobj`` for compatibility but will be
removed in a future version.
* Removed unused ``irc.client.mask_matches`` function.
* Removed unused ``irc.client.nick_characters``.
* Added extra numerics for 'whoisaccount' and 'cannotknock'.

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* Issue 46: The ``whois`` command now accepts a single string or iterable for
the target.
* NickMask now returns ``None`` when user, host, or userhost are not present.
Previously, an ``IndexError`` was raised.
See `Pull Request 26 <https://bitbucket.org/jaraco/irc/pull-request/26>`_
for details.

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Documentation is now published at https://pythonhosted.org/irc.

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* Issue 35: Removed the mutex during process_once.
* Issue 37: Deprecated buffer.LineBuffer for Python 3.

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* Issue 34: Introduced ``buffer.LenientDecodingLineBuffer`` for handling
input in a more lenient way, preferring UTF-8 but falling back to latin-1
if the content cannot be decoded as UTF-8. To enable it by default for
your application, set it as the default decoder::

irc.client.ServerConnection.buffer_class = irc.buffer.LenientDecodingLineBuffer

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* Introduced 'Manifold' as an alias for irc.client.IRC. This better name will
replace the IRC name in a future version.
* Introduced the 'manifold' property of SimpleIRCClient as an alias for
ircobj.
* Added 'manifold_class' property to the client.SimpleIRCClient to allow
consumers to provide a customized Manifold.