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Re:IRC v3 by kuschku on Sunday October 09, 2016 @01:11PM (#12672093)
What if the message is a configuration message that can’t be split?

And how would it be split?

Or should there be a mechanism for reassembling message frames?

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Re:IRC v3 by lstamour on Sunday October 09, 2016 @01:50PM (#12672325)
That's what I mean. Like SMS it's a syntax that would allow for smart clients to re-assemble the message but is visible in plain text for backwards compatibility
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Re:IRC v3 by st3v3r on Sunday October 09, 2016 @05:59PM (#12673754)
Why is the config message bigger than the standard minimum?
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Re:IRC v3 by kuschku on Monday October 10, 2016 @05:42AM (#12676064)
Because a message can contain message tags, and other config stuff.

Imagine you have a 513 byte tag in a message.

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