Merge pull request #65 from slingamn/initialization

ircevent: allow send calls before first connect

ircevent/irc.go

@@ -336,10 +336,15 @@ func (irc *Connection) sendInternal(b []byte) (err error) {
 	// `end` is closed), but invocations from outside do (even though the race window
 	// is very small).
 	irc.stateMutex.Lock()
+	running := irc.running
 	end := irc.end
 	pwrite := irc.pwrite
 	irc.stateMutex.Unlock()
 
+	if !running {
+		return ClientDisconnected
+	}
+
 	select {
 	case pwrite <- b:
 		return nil