[Konversation-devel] [Bug 131399] New: Finding unused nicks doesn't nick maximum nick length into account

[Gábor Lehel]

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           Summary: Finding unused nicks doesn't nick maximum nick length
                    into account
           Product: konversation
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konversation-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: illissius gmail com


Version:           0.19+ #3114 (using KDE KDE 3.5.2)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          GCC 4.1.0 
OS:                Linux

If your nickname is 9 characters on a network with 9 characters as the maximum allowed length for nicknames (such as EFNet), Konversation keeps trying to append _ characters to the nick, failing each time (the server, I assume, just discards them past the 9th), and keeps doing this until it is disconnected or the original nick becomes available. Accompanied by high CPU usage and general interface lagginess.

An excerpt:

[16:48:39] *** You are now known as illissius`__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
[16:48:40] [Nick] Nickname already in use. Trying illissius`__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
[16:48:40] *** You are now known as illissius`___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
[16:48:41] [Nick] Nickname already in use. Trying illissius`___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.