$epic()

Synopsis

$epic()

Technical

Returns 1 to identify the client as EPIC. The current built-in is an unconditional constant: it does not inspect the client version, build options, server connection, or arguments. Arguments, if supplied, are ignored.

Practical

Scripts can use this as an EPIC-family identification check. It does not establish that a particular command, function, or optional feature is available. $fnexist() and $cexist() check registered built-in functions and commands.

The $J expando returns the client version string, while $V returns its internal numeric version identifier. These provide more specific version information than $epic(). The original distinction from other ircII clients is useful when their version identifiers overlap, but this implementation does not run a test that could identify another client at runtime.

Returns

Always returns the decimal string 1. The current C built-in has no path returning 0 or an empty string.

Examples

if (epic()) {
    echo EPIC version: $J
}

The condition is true with this built-in implementation.

Source

Registered and implemented in source/functions.c, which also implements $J and $V. The underlying version identifiers are defined in source/irc.c.