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Re: safe channel quirks
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 01:58:47AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 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 !#.
Hmm, I was wrong. A remote server should never see the "!#", it
should always get the "!ID#". In that case it should be trivial
to fix it.
Kurt