commit - 6be16d90c2213d61bf83fc1306d62ea0917d5845
commit + f17992d3c59761bfcb1fe2798552ca6595a0222e
blob - 37959c6e810c6e626b717ec160ca5eac51091798
blob + 6999701c24c420fe883abffc3ff8a6ec8b61555f
--- lib/IRCNOW/IO/IRC.pm
+++ lib/IRCNOW/IO/IRC.pm
@@ -35,17 +35,23 @@ sub new {
 		networks => \@networks,
 	};
 	# verify we have all required params
-	my @required = qw(networks localnet nick host port pass);
+	my @required = qw(networks stafflocalnet nick host port pass expires chans teamchans);
 	for my $param (@required) {
 		die "Required param '$param' missing in IRCNOW::IO::IRC::new()" 
 			unless exists $options->{$param};
 		$self->{$param} = $options->{$param};
 	}
-	my @optional = qw{stafflist};
-	for my $param (@optional) {
-		$self->{$param} = $options->{$param};
+	# Turn strings into arrays
+	# {staff} needs to remain a string; {stafflist} is the array version 
+	$self->{stafflist} = $self->{staff};
+	for my $param (qw(networks stafflist chans teamchans)) {
+		$self->{$param} = [split(/[,\s]+/m, $self->{$param}]
+print Dumper($self->{$param});
 	}
 
+	# Set global for non-oop calls
+	$localnet = $self->{localnet};
+
 	bless $self, $class;
 
 	# Create the sockets
@@ -507,3 +513,4 @@ sub run {
 
 
 1;
+