[IRCServices] A ilttle suggestion for set mlock

Will dirtymac at datasync.com
Fri Aug 3 21:13:01 PDT 2001


On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Strider wrote:

> Not really, it could use similar coding as yours would require. Using the =
> would require it to check existing modes as well, so why not leave out the =
> and not have to deal with checking to see if that is in the mode list. If
> any slowdown happens, it would be unnoticeable, and more than likely be
> caused by adding extra parameters rather than just adding an extra feature
> or changing the behavior. I don't know C too well, but if something like
> this were done in TCL I could modify it quite easily, possibly adding only a
> few lines of code, but adding the = to append a mode would add those same
> few lines of code, plus the check for the =.
>
> I can see how that could be confusing to some users though without using the
> =. As for the placement, if coded right, it could be placed anywhere you
> want and still work.
> 
> Beau (Strider) Steward

good point. bringing up TCL reminds me of eggdrop since this is the way
chattr and some other eggdrop commands work. the confusion factor would be
less with the additional =, but i can't say that it seems too confusing
without it.

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Will