most ircds have it as a constant. the advantage of a constant is that fixed length buffers can be used for speed. the disadvantage is you have to recompile to change it.
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, peter green wrote: > doesn't gnuworld itself have a nicklen constant? Is it really necessary to quote 50 lines of headers to add one line to a conversation? Also, I cannot find such a constant anywhere in gnuworld. Besides, making it a constant would be pretty stupid. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.701 / Virus Database: 458 - Release Date: 07/06/2004
