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  15     <B>Daniel</B>
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  19     <I>Tue May 15 12:10:02 PDT 2001</I>
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  34 <PRE>I use them everyday!
  35
  36 very helpfull
  37
  38 Dan from NeverNet Irc Network
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  40 -----Original Message-----
  41 From: <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices-admin at ircservices.za.net</A>
  42 [mailto:<A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices-admin at ircservices.za.net</A>]On Behalf Of Andrew Church
  43 Sent: 14 mai, 2001 21:05
  44 To: <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">ircservices at ircservices.za.net</A>
  45 Subject: [IRCServices] Does anyone use nested nick links?
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  47
  48      As the subject says, I'd like to know if anyone finds the nested
  49 link system in Services useful, or if it's unnecessary.  I originally
  50 modeled the system after symbolic links on Unix (and other) filesystems,
  51 but as this makes for added complexity and has in fact led to a number
  52 of bugs in the past as well as administrative difficulties.  So if
  53 there's no need for having multiple levels of nicks, I'm planning to
  54 just remove that capability in version 5 and limit links to a single
  55 level.
  56
  57      Note that the only case in which this makes a visible difference is
  58 the following:
  59     * Register NickA
  60     * Register NickB
  61     * Link NickB to NickA
  62     * Register NickC
  63     * Link NickC to NickB
  64     * Unlink NickB from NickA
  65     * Change a setting on NickB
  66 In the nested (current) system, NickC would use the new setting for
  67 NickB set in the last step, while in a flat system, NickC would retain
  68 the original settings associated with nick A.  I can see potential cases
  69 where this functionality can be useful, but if no one is actually using
  70 links that way, then there's no real need to retain the functionality.
  71
  72      So, opinions, please: do you need nested links?
  73
  74   --Andrew Church
  75     <A HREF="http://www.ircservices.za.net/mailman/listinfo/ircservices">achurch at achurch.org</A>
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