using irclib

service = irclib.IRC()
/* blah blah */
service.add_global_handler(service_func etc);

bot = irclib.IRC();
for (s in servers):
    bot.server(s)
bot.add_global_handler(bot_func etc);

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    def connect_server(self, server, port, nickname, password=None, username=None,
                ircname=None, localaddress="", localport=0, ssl=False, ipv6=False):
        """Connect/reconnect to a server.

        Arguments:

            server -- Server name.

            port -- Port number.

            nickname -- The nickname.

            password -- Password (if any).

            username -- The username.

            ircname -- The IRC name ("realname").

            localaddress -- Bind the connection to a specific local IP address.

            localport -- Bind the connection to a specific local port.

            ssl -- Enable support for ssl.

            ipv6 -- Enable support for ipv6.

        This function can be called to reconnect a closed connection.

        Returns the ServerConnection object.
        """
        if self.connected:
            self.disconnect("Changing servers")

        self.previous_buffer = ""
        self.handlers = {}
        self.real_server_name = ""
        self.real_nickname = nickname
        self.server = server
        self.port = port
        self.nickname = nickname
        self.username = username or nickname
        self.ircname = ircname or nickname
        self.password = password
        self.localaddress = localaddress
        self.localport = localport
        self.localhost = socket.gethostname()
        if ipv6:
            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET6, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        else:
            self.socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        try:
            self.socket.bind((self.localaddress, self.localport))
            self.socket.connect((self.server, self.port))
            if ssl:
                self.ssl = socket.ssl(self.socket)
        except socket.error, x:
            self.socket.close()
            self.socket = None
            raise ServerConnectionError, "Couldn't connect to socket: %s" % x
        self.connected = 1
        if self.irclibobj.fn_to_add_socket:
            self.irclibobj.fn_to_add_socket(self.socket)

        # Log on...
        if self.password:
            self.pass_(self.password)
// CHANGES HERE
        //self.nick(self.nickname)
// remake or add a new nick() func that works for server
        //self.user(self.username, self.ircname)
// create a server() func that issues the SERVER command

        return self