This is a python extension which provides string comparison and matching functions from Atheme. They are hand-optimized for high performance when matching IRC hostmasks.
import ircmatch
print ircmatch.match(ircmatch.rfc1459, 'kaniini!*@*', 'kaniini!~kaniini@localhost')See also help(ircmatch) and example.py in this source
distribution.