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rcirc: ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE causes infinite loop under certain circumstances

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6795 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6795: rcirc: ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE causes infinite loop under certain  circumstances
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 18:23:06 +0100

Deniz Dogan <deniz.a.m.dogan <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Currently rcirc-handler-433 (ERR_NICKNAMEINUSE) tries to "uniquify"
> the nickname the user tried to use by appeding a ` to the requested
> nickname. However, if the length of the requested nickname is as long
> as or longer than the maximum allowed length on the server, the
> "uniquification" will not work resulting in an attempt to switch to
> the same nickname that caused the error in the first place:
>
> Example:
> /nick superlongnickname
> *** 433 superlongn Nickname is already in use.
>
> Here the IRC server truncates the requested nickname to "superlongn"
> which is already taken and then it tries to change to
> "superlongnickname`" which of course will also be truncated to
> "superlongn". Hence, something like this will be printed in the server
> buffer:
>
> *** 433 superlongn Nickname is already in use.
> *** 433 superlongn Nickname is already in use.
> *** 433 superlongn Nickname is already in use.
> *** 433 superlongn Nickname is already in use.

This should now be fixed in Emacs 28.

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