Miniirc

Added

- A `ping_timeout` option (defaults to `ping_interval` for compatibility).

Changed

- Removed more potential race conditions.

Deprecated

- Relying on `args[-1]` being the channel for `JOIN` events.
- Modifying the dict passed to handlers in the `tags` keyword argument.

Changed

- `miniirc.pyi` now treats `colon` as a required parameter to `Handler`
and `CmdHandler`, type checkers should throw an error if this parameter
is unspecified.
- No longer throws an error caused by a race condition with the `sts`
capability.
- Treats empty message tag values (`tag=`) the same way as tags without values
(`tag`).

Deprecated

- Relying on `irc.quote` or `irc.send` throwing errors when the `force`
keyword argument is used.

Added

- Allow a comma-delimited string in the `channels` argument.
- `irc.send()`: `irc.send('PRIVMSG', 'channel with spaces', 'Test message')`
→ `irc.quote('PRIVMSG', 'channel\xa0with\xa0spaces', ':Test message')`

Added

- `irc.current_nick` to be used instead of `irc.nick` when wanting the current
nickname instead of the one used to connect. Note that this is currently an
alias for `irc.nick`.

Changed

- Prevent `irc.quote()` from throwing errors if the socket somehow breaks. (I
will probably rewrite `irc.quote`'s internals in miniirc v2.0.0).
- Request the `away-notify` IRCv3 capability by default.
- Use `threading.Lock`s inside `connect()`.

Changed

- Code style changes.
- Rewrite the internal socket receiving loop.
- Use `threading.Lock`s internally when sending messages. If you were using
outgoing message locks for stability, you no longer need them.

Deprecated

- Python 3.4
- In miniirc v2.0.0, `irc.ns_identity` may be stored as a tuple instead of a
string, for example `('username', 'password with spaces')` instead of
`'username password with spaces'`. Both formats are currently accepted and
will be accepted in the `ns_identity` keyword argument.

Changed

- Bugfixes and code style changes.

Deprecated

- Internal-only attributes `irc.handlers`, `irc.sock`, and `irc.sendq`
(please do not use these) will be renamed.
- In miniirc v2.0.0, unspecified hostmasks will be an empty string instead of
the command. Don't rely on this "feature" if possible, simply ignore the
hostmask if you do not need it.