Added example of autoreconnection.

examples/autoreconnect.rs

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+#![feature(slicing_syntax)]
+extern crate irc;
+
+use std::default::Default;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use irc::data::{Command, Config};
+use irc::server::{IrcServer, Server};
+use irc::server::utils::Wrapper;
+
+fn main() {
+    let config = Config {
+        nickname: Some(format!("pickles")),
+        server: Some(format!("irc.fyrechat.net")),
+        channels: Some(vec![format!("#vana")]),
+        .. Default::default()
+    };
+    let irc_server = Arc::new(IrcServer::from_config(config).unwrap());
+    irc_server.conn().set_keepalive(Some(5)).unwrap();
+    // The wrapper provides us with methods like send_privmsg(...) and identify(...)
+    spawn(move || { 
+        let server = Wrapper::new(&*irc_server);
+        server.identify().unwrap();
+        loop {
+            let mut quit = false;
+            for msg in server.iter() {
+                match msg {
+                    Ok(msg) => { 
+                        print!("{}", msg.into_string());
+                        match Command::from_message(&msg) {
+                            Ok(Command::PRIVMSG(_, msg)) => if msg.contains("bye") { 
+                                server.send_quit("").unwrap() 
+                            },
+                            Ok(Command::ERROR(msg)) if msg.contains("Quit") => quit = true,
+                            _ => (),
+                        }
+                    },
+                    Err(_)  => break,
+                }
+            }
+            if quit { break }
+            irc_server.reconnect().unwrap();
+            server.identify().unwrap();
+        }
+    }); 
+}