To Do

Version 3.1

• Abstract out authentication code to a stem listener, include basic authenticators for all the types you specify in the tutorial. Include support for a method call like authenticate :nick or authenticate :password in the controller class. (Password or nick retrieved from yml files.)
• Make !quit and !reload execute only once per stem.
• RSpec out all core classes

Unscheduled

• Drop [word]_filter requirements for filters.
• Less network-trafficy way of getting the user list … Perhaps maintain an internal user list and update it as users are promoted and demoted.

RFC compliance

• RFC-1459 specifies a nick being of nine characters, with the characters {}| having equivalence to []\ for comparison. The regex is /[a-z][a-z0-9\-\[\]\\\`\^\{\}]{8}/i
• RFC-2812 specifies a nick being of nine characters, as such: /[a-z\[\]\\\`_\^\{\|\}][a-z\[\]\\\`_\^\{\|\}0-9\-]{8}/i