--Base 64 encode -- for SASL authentication
local b='ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/'
function mt_irc.b64e(data)
	return ((data:gsub('.', function(x)
		local r,b='',x:byte()
		for i=8,1,-1 do r=r..(b%2^i-b%2^(i-1)>0 and '1' or '0') end
		return r;
	end)..'0000'):gsub('%d%d%d?%d?%d?%d?', function(x)
		if (#x < 6) then return '' end
		local c=0
		for i=1,6 do c=c+(x:sub(i,i)=='1' and 2^(6-i) or 0) end
		return b:sub(c+1,c+1)
	end)..({ '', '==', '=' })[#data%3+1])
end


-- Requested by Exio
string.expandvars = function(s, vars)
        return s:gsub("%$%(([^)]+)%)", vars)
end