class FastIRC::Reader

Overview

Reads an IO stream and outputs a stream of Message objects.

TODO use a circular buffer to reduce memory copies?

fast_irc/reader.cr

.new(io : IO, strict : Bool = false)
Creates a new Reader which reads from io.

#next : Message | Nil
Reads the next IRC message from the IO, or returns nil on EOF.

def self.new(io : IO, strict : Bool = false) #

Creates a new Reader which reads from io. When strict is set, it will be passed to FastIRC.parse_line.

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def next : Message | Nil #

Reads the next IRC message from the IO, or returns nil on EOF.

irc_reader = FastIRC::Reader.new(io)
while message = irc_reader.next
  message.command # => "PRIVMSG" : String
end

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