Re: irc2.10.3: /msg to (non-existent) !channel

[wnelson <wnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas Kuiper wrote:
> 
> This message stuff is messed up a bit on other locations as well.
> For example if you try to message a channel which doesn't exist as
> oper:
> 
> /MSG #foobars hello
> *** #foobars : No toplevel domain specified

>From looking at the code it seems that if #channel doesn't exist, then
if you're oper the server will assume you're trying to message a domain
rather than a channel. The problem is that since both methods use the #
symbol, the server can never be sure quite which one you intended.

Note too that if you try to /msg #*.stealth.net (hoping to hit everyone
using that hostmask), then this will not work if a channel of name
#*.stealth.net exists (quite legal). Is it too late to resolve this
ambiguity by choosing another symbol to indicate that a host and not a
channel is the intended target?

Wull@IRCnet.