Forums Bug Reports Bug regarding nick change and /whois between {} []

I found this bug, regarding nick changes and whois... When I try to do /nick [Dan] I get [Dan] Nickname is already in use. However, when I do /whois [Dan] I get the following :
{DAN} is sh3ly@86.107.136.141 * omis
{DAN} on #Disconnect #severin
{DAN} using *.undernet.org The Undernet Underworld
[Dan] End of /WHOIS list.
Please note the last line. {} it's replaced with [].
/Whois {Dan} appears normal as following:
{DAN} is sh3ly@86.107.136.141 * omis
{DAN} on #Disconnect #severin
{DAN} using *.undernet.org The Undernet Underworld
{Dan} End of /WHOIS list.

An other bug would be that when I did /whois [Dan], the whole /whois reply appeared in Status Window, only the last line appeared in Active Window, as all performed /whois should appear into.

mIRC version is 6.32. OS : Windows XP.

I hope you'll fix the bug and keep me informed. Thanks.

That's not a bug. The IRC standard makes {} and [] be equivalent because of it's Scandinavian origin, where those characters are considered opposing case to each other.

I think you missed his point



I see that too. The buggy part is that when doing a whois in a non-status window, I get the whois in the status but the last line in my active window:


That's definitely not expected behaviour.

You requested a /whois so end of whois reply is correct.
And as CyberBotX mentioned it's the uppercase form for [].

Try /whois *Dan* and you will get

*Dan* End of /WHOIS list.

It looks like a bug but it's a feature to /whois more than just one

You don't seem to get it.

Everything but the last line of the whois echo's in the wrong window (status). This is a bug. Try it in a clean copy of mIRC, a themed script won't show the real problem. Enable [x] whois in active from alt-o -> irc and /whois {Dan}. You will get everything but the last line in the status window-- this is incorrect. mIRC needs to handle the special {}/[] behaviour, and it does not.

He noticed 2 things i only answered to one.