On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote: > The main program is an IRC bot, which could potentially be in use by > many people in several channels on a network. As it is, the bot can only > connect to one server, but it could probably be set up to connect to any > number of networks. Making a number of quick fixes or changes to one > module could be very irritating to users if the bot has to terminate > each time, especially if those users don't know or care about that > specific module. > Startup time is an issue because it must connect to a network before it > can take any input. Also, many disconnects/reconnects could easily cause > problems (like the network refusing the connection as a DoS prevention > measure).
Playing with networking and the desire to reload without restarting? I think Pike may be a good choice for you. It has a C-like syntax but Python-like guts; you use braces to delimit blocks of code, but arrays and mappings and such are first-class objects that you can pass around and use. It's a favorite of mine, but quite off-topic for this mailing list; I'd be happy to help you get started with it. Chris Angelico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
