Class user to parse raw irc user chunk.

gistfile1.py

class User(str):
    def __new__(cls, user):
        if getattr(user, "nick", None) is not None:
            cls.nick = user.nick
            cls.ident = user.ident
            cls.host = user.host
        else:
            if re.match(".+!.+@.+", user):
                cls.nick = user.split("!")[0]
                cls.ident = user.split("!")[1].split("@")[0]
                cls.host = user.split("!")[1].split("@")[1]
            else:
                cls.nick = user
                cls.ident = ""
                cls.host = ""
                
        return str.__new__(cls, cls.nick)