IRC login error handling

[HoodyH]

hi, it would be cool if you rise an error when there is an auth failure.

on the irc.py line 36

logging.fatal('IRC authentication error: ' + text or '')
#return
raise Exception('authentication error') 

even better if you create an exceptions.py file:

class AuthenticationError(Exception)
    pass

logging.fatal('IRC authentication error: ' + text or '')
raise AuthenticationError

So we can handle it, renewing the token or skipping the login.
In my case im trying to handle multiple bots so its usefull

ty

[RduMarais]

+1
This would be super useful indeed, in order to catch error and create renewal process.
Out of curiosity, @HoodyH did you find a way to catch the error without modifying the lib ?
thx

[RduMarais]

Had a look into it, and the fix you proposed seems trivial but actually doesn't work because the library is threaded, so the exception is raised in the context of a child thread, but cannot be caught in the main thread. I look forward into it, but i'd be happy to get any insight on another (more pythonic) way to catch this