From 202393e9558902b7a481cf0e275d19984efc2f30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zoffix Znet <cpan@zoffix.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2016 08:32:52 -0400
Subject: Make nick grammar looser

Fixes #19

the RFC grammar states nicks have to start with a letter,
however, modern server support and nick use disagrees with that
and nicks can start with special chars too
---
 lib/IRC/Client/Grammar.pm6 | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib')

diff --git a/lib/IRC/Client/Grammar.pm6 b/lib/IRC/Client/Grammar.pm6
index feec9fd..a80b79f 100644
--- a/lib/IRC/Client/Grammar.pm6
+++ b/lib/IRC/Client/Grammar.pm6
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ token message { [':' <prefix> <SPACE> ]? <command> <params> \n }
         <before <SPACE>>
     }
         token servername { <host> }
-        token nick { <letter> [ <letter> | <number> | <special> ]* }
+        token nick {
+            # the RFC grammar states nicks have to start with a letter,
+            # however, modern server support and nick use disagrees with that
+            # and nicks can start with special chars too
+            [<letter> | <special>] [ <letter> | <number> | <special> ]*
+        }
         token user { <-[\ \x[0]\r\n]>+?  <before [<SPACE> | '@']>}
         token host { <-[\s!@]>+ }
     token command { <letter>+ | <number>**3 }
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