Re: Extensions to the protocol.

[Kurt Roeckx <Q@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 05:24:02PM +0100, Michal Svoboda wrote:
> One idea of mine was to implement an encapsulation command. Upon
> receiving this command the server would just look at the recipient
> and if it's not him, it would just pass it without touching it.

Wouldn't a PRIVMSG do just that?  The server doesn't care what's
inside the message.

> Perhaps one could use the 300 numeric for that as a starting point ?

Only servers can send numerics.

> Another idea would be to pass unknown commands and numerics to their
> recipients automatically; and also pass command parameters as they
> were received (i.e. unknown modes, prefixes, etc).

Numerics are passed as they are.

Unknown commands are supposed to give an error reply back.
Allowing them to pass might result in errors, for instance if
changes the state of an "object".  Not all server would know
about it but should, and things like that.


Kurt