Here is the completed implementation of the IRC Mesh Plugin. It strictly uses
Node.js net.Socket, adheres to the defined IRC messaging format, and cleanly
interfaces with your HAUKI-X86 16-register VM and Tagged Pointer memory
system.

const net = require('net'); /** * HAUKI-X86 LPC Virtual Machine - IRC Mesh
Plugin * * Tagged Pointer Memory Model: * 0 = Object, 1 = Integer, 2 = String,
3 = Array * (Assuming lower 2 bits are used for the tag: pointer = (value <<
2) | TAG) */ const TAG_OBJECT = 0; const TAG_INTEGER = 1; const TAG_STRING =
2; const TAG_ARRAY = 3; class IrcMeshPlugin { install(engine, vfs) {
this.engine = engine; this.vfs = vfs; this.myNick = "hauki-" +
Math.floor(Math.random() * 9999); // Expose Syscalls to the LPC Compiler
engine.registerSyscall('mesh_announce', this.efunAnnounce.bind(this));
engine.registerSyscall('mesh_call', this.efunCall.bind(this)); // Internal
tracking this.knownObjects = new Map(); // target_obj -> target_nick } start()
{ this.client = new net.Socket(); this.buffer = ''; this.client.connect(6667,
'irc.libera.chat', () => { console.log(`[IRC Mesh] Connected. Registering as
${this.myNick}...`); this.client.write(`NICK ${this.myNick}\r
`); this.client.write(`USER ${this.myNick} 0 * :HAUKI-X86 Mesh Node\r
`); this.client.write(`JOIN #genesis-lpc-mesh\r
`); }); this.client.on('data', (data) => { this.buffer += data.toString(); let
lines = this.buffer.split('\r
'); // Keep the last incomplete line in the buffer this.buffer = lines.pop();
for (let line of lines) { this._parseIrcLine(line); } }); this.client.on('error
', (err) => { console.error('[IRC Mesh] Socket error:', err.message); });
this.client.on('close', () => { console.log('[IRC Mesh] Connection closed.
Reconnecting in 5s...'); setTimeout(() => this.start(), 5000); }); }
_parseIrcLine(line) { // Handle PING immediately to keep the connection alive
if (line.startsWith('PING ')) { this.client.write(`PONG ${line.substring(5)}\r
`); return; } // Parse standard IRC protocol: :sender!user@host COMMAND target
:message const match = line.match(/^:([^!]+)![^\s]+\s+([A-Z]+)\s+([^\s]+)\s+:(.
*)$/); if (!match) return; const [, senderNick, command, target, message] =
match; // Ensure the message has our mesh envelope const meshMatch =
message.match(/^\[ME:([^\]
]+)\]\s+(.*)$/); if (!meshMatch) return; const [, envelopeNick, payload] =
meshMatch; // Ensure envelope nick matches IRC sender nick (anti-spoofing) if
(senderNick !== envelopeNick) return; if (command === 'NOTICE' && target ===
'#genesis-lpc-mesh') { // Handle Discovery: [OBJECT:genesis.c] const objMatch
= payload.match(/^\[OBJECT:([^\]]+)\]$/); if (objMatch) { const objName =
objMatch[1]; this.knownObjects.set(objName, senderNick); console.log(`[IRC
Mesh] Discovered object ${objName} at node ${senderNick}`); } } else if
(command === 'PRIVMSG' && target === this.myNick) { // Handle Call:
[CALL:genesis.c:query_state:{"args":[1, "scan"]}] if (payload.startsWith('[CALL
:')) { this.handleIncomingMessage(senderNick, payload); } } }
efunAnnounce(arg1, engine, ctx) { // Extract string using stringManager and
Tagged Pointer const objName = this.engine.stringManager.getString(arg1); if
(this.client && !this.client.destroyed) { this.client.write(`NOTICE
#genesis-lpc-mesh :[ME:${this.myNick}] [OBJECT:${objName}]\r
`); } return this._makeTaggedInt(1); // Return Int 1 } efunCall(arg1, engine,
ctx) { // Based on 16-register VM standard: arguments pushed to registers 1
through 4 const targetNickPtr = ctx.registers[1]; const targetObjPtr =
ctx.registers[2]; const funcPtr = ctx.registers[3]; const argsPtr =
ctx.registers[4]; const targetNick = this.engine.stringManager.getString(target
NickPtr); const targetObj = this.engine.stringManager.getString(targetObjPtr);
const func = this.engine.stringManager.getString(funcPtr); // Convert the
Tagged Array of arguments to standard JS Array for JSON serialization const
jsArgs = this.engine.arrayManager.getArray(argsPtr); const payload =
JSON.stringify({ args: jsArgs }); if (this.client && !this.client.destroyed) {
this.client.write(`PRIVMSG ${targetNick} :[ME:${this.myNick}]
[CALL:${targetObj}:${func}:${payload}]\r
`); } return this._makeTaggedInt(1); // Return Int 1 } handleIncomingMessage(se
nderNick, payload) { // Regex strictly matches [CALL:obj:func:json] while
allowing colons insid
e the JSON string const match = payload.match(/^\[CALL:([^:]+):([^:]+):(.*)\]$/
); if (!match) return; const [, targetObj, func, jsonPayload] = match; let
parsedArgs; try { parsedArgs = JSON.parse(jsonPayload).args; } catch (e) {
console.error('[IRC Mesh] Invalid JSON payload received:', jsonPayload);
return; } // Convert metadata strings to Tagged Pointers const nickPtr =
this.engine.stringManager.allocateString(senderNick); const funcPtr =
this.engine.stringManager.allocateString(func); // Convert the raw JS
arguments array back into a Tagged Array in VM memory const argsArrayPtr =
this.engine.arrayManager.allocateArray(parsedArgs); // Build the final outer
Tagged Array: ({ senderNick, func, args_array }) const finalArrayPtr =
this.engine.arrayManager.allocateArray([nickPtr, funcPtr, argsArrayPtr]); //
Resolve OID and push to the VM event loop via deliverMail const oid =
this.engine.getOidByName(targetObj); if (oid !== undefined && oid !== null) {
this.engine.deliverMail(oid, finalArrayPtr); } else { console.warn(`[IRC Mesh]
Target object ${targetObj} not found on this node.`); } } /** * Helper to
correctly format an Integer for the Tagged Pointer memory system. * Assumes a
32-bit/64-bit word where the lowest 2 bits represent the Tag. */
_makeTaggedInt(value) { return (value << 2) | TAG_INTEGER; } } module.exports
= IrcMeshPlugin;