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irc:connection #!key user password server nick real-name port log-traffic ping-timeout reconnect reconnect-timeoutprocedure

Returns a connection object, where the following keyword arguments specify the connection parameters:

keywordargument typedefault
userstringnobody
passwordstringnone
serverstringnone
nickstringsome random symbol
real-namestringsame as the user parameter
portinteger6667
log-trafficport or #f#f
reconnect-timeoutmilliseconds (integer)3600000
reconnectboolean#f

A server must be provided in any case.

The connection object can be queried using the following accessors: