Sleep between thoughts when connecting to avoid eating CPU

handlers.lua

@@ -90,22 +90,6 @@ handlers["432"] = needNewNick
 -- ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE
 handlers["433"] = needNewNick
 
--- RPL_ISUPPORT
-handlers["005"] = function(o, prefix, nick, ...)
-	local list = {...}
-	local listlen = #list
-	-- Skip last parameter (info)
-	for i = 1, listlen - 1 do
-		local item = list[i]
-		local pos = item:find("=")
-		if pos then
-			o.supports[item:sub(1, pos - 1)] = item:sub(pos + 1)
-		else
-			o.supports[item] = true
-		end
-	end
-end
-
 --NAMES list
 handlers["353"] = function(o, prefix, me, chanType, channel, names)
 	if o.track_users then

init.lua

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ function new(data)
 		nickGenerator = data.nickGenerator or defaultNickGenerator;
 		hooks = {};
 		track_users = true;
-		supports = {};
 	}
 	assert(checkNick(o.nick), "Erroneous nickname passed to irc.new")
 	return setmetatable(o, meta_preconnect)
@@ -138,6 +137,7 @@ function meta_preconnect:connect(_host, _port)
 
 	repeat
 		self:think()
+		socket.select(nil, nil, 0.1) -- Sleep so that we don't eat CPU
 	until self.authed
 end