Update hexchat.py

The program would sometimes not connect properly. This was fixed by setting the socket to blocking, using the connect() function, then setting the socket to nonblocking. There may be cleaner ways of handling connections inside threads, and this section of the code may be tweaked further.

fast/hexchat.py

@@ -112,21 +112,18 @@ def get_message(self, msg):
 
         elif msg['body']=='connect me!':
             sock=socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-            sock.setblocking(0)
+            sock.setblocking(1)
             #portaddr_split is just where the IP ends and the port begins
             #i.e. the location of the first ":"
             portaddr_split=msg['subject'].rfind(':')
             if portaddr_split!=-1:
                 try:
                     #connect the socket to the ip:port specified in the subject tag
-                    if sock.connect_ex((msg['subject'][:portaddr_split], int(msg['subject'][portaddr_split+1:]))):
-                        logging.debug("connecting to "+msg['subject'])
-                        #add the socket to bot's client_sockets
-                        self.add_client_socket(msg['subject'], msg['from'].bare, msg['nick']['nick'], sock)
-                    else:
-                        logging.warn("could not connect to "+msg['subject'])
-                        #if it could not connect, tell the bot on the the other side to disconnect
-                        self.sendMessageWrapper(msg['from'].bare, msg['subject'], msg['nick']['nick'], "disconnect me!", 'chat')
+                    sock.connect((msg['subject'][:portaddr_split], int(msg['subject'][portaddr_split+1:])))
+                    sock.setblocking(0)
+                    logging.debug("connecting to "+msg['subject'])
+                    #add the socket to bot's client_sockets
+                    self.add_client_socket(msg['subject'], msg['from'].bare, msg['nick']['nick'], sock)
                 except (socket.error, OverflowError, ValueError):
                         logging.warn("could not connect to "+msg['subject'])
                         #if it could not connect, tell the bot on the the other side to disconnect