version

Return the compatibility string 2.8.

Synopsis

$version([<server description>])

Technical

This function is obsolete. It once distinguished IRC server classes so scripts could adjust their behavior. The current implementation always returns 2.8: it does not look up a server, examine a connection, or inspect the supplied text. All arguments are ignored, including invalid server descriptions. Calling it without arguments has the same result.

Practical

New scripts should use the server's advertised features rather than this fixed compatibility value. Use serverctl to read a cached ISUPPORT (005) token or the cached server version string:

$serverctl(get -1 005 CHANTYPES)
$serverctl(get -1 version)

These queries use the current execution server. The cached version normally comes from the server's 004 registration reply and can also be changed locally through serverctl; it is not obtained by $version(). The version command is a separate command. This function does not identify the EPIC client version.

Returns

Always the literal string 2.8, whether connected or disconnected.

Examples

$version()             /* 2.8 */
$version(2)            /* 2.8 */
$version(no-such-host) /* 2.8 */

History

The function first appeared in EPIC2pre3 and was deprecated in EPIC5-0.0.2.

Source

Registered and implemented as function_server_version in source/functions.c. Cached server properties are exposed by serverctl in source/server.c, and the 004 version cache is updated in source/numbers.c.