class ircHandler : private Socket {
	public:
	ircHandler ( std::string host, int port );
	virtual ~ircHandler(){};
	
	private:
	
	bool nickChars[256];
	void nickLookupTable();
};

CPP:

ircHandler::ircHandler(std::string host, int port){
	Socket::connect(host,port);
	nickLookupTable();

}

void ircHandler::nickLookupTable(){
	int i;
	
	for(i = 0;i <= 64;i++){
		nickChars[i] = false;
	}
}