Change the way the pinger works.

Fix syning threads before reconnections
Formatting

README.markdown

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Commands
 	ircobj.Password = "[server password]"
 	ircobj.Connect("irc.someserver.com:6667") //Connect to server
 	ircobj.Sendraw("<string>") //sends string to server. Adds \r\n
+	ircobj.Sendraw("<formatstring>", ...) //sends formatted string to server.n
 	ircobj.Join("#channel [password]") 
 	ircobj.Privmsg("#channel", "msg")
 	ircobj.Privmsg("nickname", "msg")

irc.go

@@ -6,25 +6,23 @@ package irc
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-	"crypto/tls"
 )
 
 const (
-	VERSION = "cleanirc v1.0"
+	VERSION = "go-ircevent v2.0"
 )
 
-var error_ bool
-
 func (irc *Connection) readLoop() {
 	br := bufio.NewReader(irc.socket)
 
-	for !irc.reconnecting {
+	for {
 		msg, err := br.ReadString('\n')
 		if err != nil {
 			irc.Error <- err
@@ -71,11 +69,10 @@ func (irc *Connection) readLoop() {
 
 func (irc *Connection) writeLoop() {
 	b, ok := <-irc.pwrite
-	for !irc.reconnecting && ok {
+	for ok {
 		if b == "" || irc.socket == nil {
 			break
 		}
-
 		_, err := irc.socket.Write([]byte(b))
 		if err != nil {
 			irc.log.Printf("%s\n", err)
@@ -90,16 +87,16 @@ func (irc *Connection) writeLoop() {
 
 //Pings the server if we have not recived any messages for 5 minutes
 func (irc *Connection) pingLoop() {
-	irc.ticker = time.Tick(1 * time.Minute)   //Tick every minute.
-	irc.ticker2 = time.Tick(15 * time.Minute) //Tick every 15 minutes.
+	irc.ticker = time.NewTicker(1 * time.Minute)   //Tick every minute.
+	irc.ticker2 = time.NewTicker(15 * time.Minute) //Tick every 15 minutes.
 	for {
 		select {
-		case <-irc.ticker:
+		case <-irc.ticker.C:
 			//Ping if we haven't recived anything from the server within 4 minutes
 			if time.Since(irc.lastMessage) >= (4 * time.Minute) {
 				irc.SendRawf("PING %d", time.Now().UnixNano())
 			}
-		case <-irc.ticker2:
+		case <-irc.ticker2.C:
 			//Ping every 15 minutes.
 			irc.SendRawf("PING %d", time.Now().UnixNano())
 			//Try to recapture nickname if it's not as configured.
@@ -107,8 +104,13 @@ func (irc *Connection) pingLoop() {
 				irc.nickcurrent = irc.nick
 				irc.SendRawf("NICK %s", irc.nick)
 			}
+		case <-irc.endping:
+			irc.ticker.Stop()
+			irc.ticker2.Stop()
+			break
 		}
 	}
+	irc.syncpinger <- true
 }
 
 func (irc *Connection) Cycle() {
@@ -153,8 +155,15 @@ func (irc *Connection) GetNick() string {
 func (irc *Connection) Reconnect() error {
 	close(irc.pwrite)
 	close(irc.pread)
+	irc.endping <- true
+	irc.log.Printf("Syncing Threads\n")
+	irc.log.Printf("Syncing Reader\n")
 	<-irc.syncreader
+	irc.log.Printf("Syncing Writer\n")
 	<-irc.syncwriter
+	irc.log.Printf("Syncing Pinger\n")
+	<-irc.syncpinger
+	irc.log.Printf("Syncing Threads Done\n")
 	for {
 		irc.log.Printf("Reconnecting to %s\n", irc.server)
 		var err error
@@ -164,7 +173,6 @@ func (irc *Connection) Reconnect() error {
 		}
 		irc.log.Printf("Error: %s\n", err)
 	}
-        error_ = false
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -175,18 +183,17 @@ func (irc *Connection) Loop() {
 			break
 		}
 		irc.log.Printf("Error: %s\n", e)
-		error_ = true
 		irc.Reconnect()
 	}
 
 	close(irc.pwrite)
 	close(irc.pread)
-
+	irc.endping <- true
 	<-irc.syncreader
 	<-irc.syncwriter
+	<-irc.syncpinger
 }
 
-
 func (irc *Connection) Connect(server string) error {
 	irc.server = server
 	var err error
@@ -209,7 +216,8 @@ func (irc *Connection) postConnect() error {
 	irc.Error = make(chan error, 10)
 	irc.syncreader = make(chan bool)
 	irc.syncwriter = make(chan bool)
-
+	irc.syncpinger = make(chan bool)
+	irc.endping = make(chan bool)
 	go irc.readLoop()
 	go irc.writeLoop()
 	go irc.pingLoop()

irc_struct.go

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ type Connection struct {
 
 	socket                 net.Conn
 	pread, pwrite          chan string
-	syncreader, syncwriter chan bool
-	reconnecting           bool
+	syncreader, syncwriter, syncpinger chan bool
+	endping chan bool
 
 	nick        string //The nickname we want.
 	nickcurrent string //The nickname we currently have.
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ type Connection struct {
 	events      map[string][]func(*Event)
 
 	lastMessage     time.Time
-	ticker      <-chan time.Time
-	ticker2     <-chan time.Time
+	ticker, ticker2 *time.Ticker
 
 	VerboseCallbackHandler bool
 	log                    *log.Logger