Re: !channels

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On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 10:00:53AM -0500, Christophe Kalt wrote:
> > #1: should /join !foo fail if there are several !<ID>foo's ?
> >     (for consistency with most commands? see below.  But i
> >      think /join is an exception)
> I thik it should join the one which exists longest. (locally on this
> server). This would (IMHO) usually be that what the user wants.

This would need TS, what ircnet doesnt have until yet.
 
> > #2: I believe clients (at the very list, aliases) should
> >     easily take care of this and make it friendly to the
> >     user.
> > 
> > I am reluctant because I feel that someday we'll regret
> > this, and once all users will be used to this, it'll be very
> > hard to make them change.
> > 
> > The danger is that !foo is NOT enough to identify a unique
> > name (otherwise, why would we bother with IDs?).
> > 
> > if !QWERTfoo exists, I could create !<ID>QUERTYfoo, in which
> > case !QWERTYfoo is now _very_ ambiguous.
> I do think that letting the client handle all this is cleaner. But most
> probably most client-authors will be very lazy and not do this. This
> then will result in the non-use of this channels by the users (because
> it's to hard for them)

Well, it should be supported by the clients, because this makes it easiier
for syrk AND the users ;)


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