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bot.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+import Queue
+import sys
+import time
+
+sys.path += ['plugins']  # so 'import hook' works without duplication
+sys.path += ['lib']
+os.chdir(sys.path[0] or '.')  # do stuff relative to the install directory
+
+
+class Bot(object):
+    pass
+
+
+bot = Bot()
+
+print 'Loading plugins'
+
+# bootstrap the reloader
+eval(compile(open(os.path.join('core', 'reload.py'), 'U').read(),
+    os.path.join('core', 'reload.py'), 'exec'))
+reload(init=True)
+
+config()
+if not hasattr(bot, 'config'):
+    exit()
+
+print 'Connecting to IRC'
+
+bot.conns = {}
+
+try:
+    for name, conf in bot.config['connections'].iteritems():
+        if conf.get('ssl'):
+            bot.conns[name] = SSLIRC(conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
+                    port=conf.get('port', 6667), channels=conf['channels'],
+                    ignore_certificate_errors=conf.get('ignore_cert', True))
+        else:
+            bot.conns[name] = IRC(conf['server'], conf['nick'], conf=conf,
+                    port=conf.get('port', 6667), channels=conf['channels'])
+except Exception, e:
+    print 'ERROR: malformed config file', e
+    sys.exit()
+
+bot.persist_dir = os.path.abspath('persist')
+if not os.path.exists(bot.persist_dir):
+    os.mkdir(bot.persist_dir)
+
+print 'Running main loop'
+
+while True:
+    reload()  # these functions only do things
+    config()  # if changes have occured
+
+    for conn in bot.conns.itervalues():
+        try:
+            out = conn.out.get_nowait()
+            main(conn, out)
+        except Queue.Empty:
+            pass
+    while all(conn.out.empty() for conn in bot.conns.itervalues()):
+        time.sleep(.1)