Re: safe channel quirks

[Kurt Roeckx <Q@xxxxxxx>]

On Sun, May 06, 2001 at 07:44:17PM -0400, anti hack wrote:
> Kurt Roeckx <Q@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > It's because it used to be "!#" to create a new channel, which
> > got changed to "!!", and it now still supports both.
> 
> Is there any reason why '!#' should continue to be supported as if it meant '!!'?  As it, it seems to interfere with a legitimate channel shortname.

Because remote servers will reject that channel.  It's going to
be a pain to complete remove that part of the code and remain
compatible with older versions.  You should reject the channel if
there is any server that still supports !#.


Kurt