Re: IRCD - New output of /oper?

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On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Vesa Ruokonen wrote:

> > *** Core (d92-mtm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) is now operator (o)
> > Didn't earlier version correspond to the letter in the O-line (That
> > is: "(o)" for "o:" and "(O)" for "O:")?
> 
> Yes, the server 2.9.2 is little different from earlier in that sense.
> In some 2.9.1 patches the logic was like you describe above. But it
> was found to have a flaw. Some people reported negative oper count
> in /lusers after splits.
> Between servers oper status is passed as mode 'o'. Yes, that's a
> lower case o. So it's protocol-wise better to keep the little 'o'
> for global opers in every occurrence, and use the big O locally
> in the server for local opers.

Out of total curiosity, why didn't somebody just flip the case when it 
prints it out to keep compatiable with the old way?  Does that not make 
simple sense?