Fix nil pointer dereference when TCP listener is configured #34
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After 60526f6 (irccloud#31), `irccat.tcp.Run(irccat.irc)` is called (if the config calls for it) before, rather than after, `irccat.connectIRC()`, which changes `irccat.irc` away from a nil pointer in the first place. This pointer is copied into the `irc` field of a TCPListener `l` by `irccat.tcp.Run()`. A panic won't actually happen until the TCP listener handles its first message, if it ever comes, and in doing so passes the nil pointer further down to `dispatcher.Send(l.irc, ...)`. To fix, bring the call to `irccat.connectIRC()` forward again, to before any listener setup is done at all. This probably makes sense stylistically too.
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After 60526f6 (#31),
irccat.tcp.Run(irccat.irc)is called (if the config calls for it)before, rather than after,
irccat.connectIRC(), which changesirccat.ircaway from a nil pointer in the first place. This pointeris copied into the
ircfield of a TCPListenerlbyirccat.tcp.Run().A panic won't actually happen until the TCP listener handles its first
message, if it ever comes, and in doing so passes the nil pointer
further down to
dispatcher.Send(l.irc, ...).To fix, bring the call to
irccat.connectIRC()forward again, to beforeany listener setup is done at all. This probably makes sense
stylistically too.