RFC 2812 and ISON

["Sean McElroy" <wanderer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe I'm reading something wrong, but I don't understand how 'ISON' as
defined in RFC 2812 4.9 complies with the maximum parameter limit (15) in
RFC 2812 2.3. Since the example given in the RFC does not show a colon
before the nick list (and it is not observed in recorded conversations
between clients and servers), is the ISON specification not violating it's
own RFC by allowing a nick list only limited in number by the message
length? Or are nicks beyond 15 'against the standard' and okay to ignore?
(If so that's troubling because mIRC does it...)

It seems to me that the RFC should require the ISON command to prefix the
nick list with a colon. But maybe I'm missing something obvious or some
syntactic trick - if so, please enlighten me. :)

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Sean McElroy (smcelroy at ou dot edu)

Two men look out through the same bars:
One sees the mud, and one the stars.
-Langbridge, Fredrick, 1849-1923