Copyright (c) 2013 Elizabeth Myers elizabeth@interlinked.me.
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Stats numerics are a total, unsolvable disaster in IRC. Some of the largest conflicts in the numerics list are in the stats numerics. In addition, they all do different things and have slightly different formats. This proposal will replace stats numerics with a key : value pair.
The XINFO command issued by clients shall be framed as follows:
XINFO <verb> [<server>]
Upon issuing this command, servers shall return an RPL_XINFOTYPE describing the format followed by one or more LINES formatted in accordance with the RPL_XINFOENTRY format described in the Numerics table.
The interpretation of a given key and value pair is dependent on the XINFO subcommand.
An RPL_XINFOTYPE command is a format specifier that describes to the client how to display the information given. For security reasons, C formatting specifiers are not used, and instead the following are specified:
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| string | ASCII text string |
| int | Integer |
| float | Floating-point number (clients may round this) |
| timestamp | A Unix/ISO timestamp (TBD which) |
| server | A server name |
| nick | A nickname |
| bytes | Number of bytes |
The string, int, and float types are left to client interpretation for handling and should not be construed as having any meaning to clients (being text for human reading only).
Upon adopting and implementing this proposal, server authors should remove stats
support, and translate the appropriate STATS command to an XINFO command.
The numerics 772 through 775 must be reserved for XINFO, carrying the following labels and formats:
| No. | Label | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 772 | ERR_NOSUCHXINFO | :<server> 772 <nick> <topic> :No such XINFO topic available |
| 773 | RPL_XINFOENTRY | :<server> 773 <nick> <key> <value> [[<key> <value>] ...] |
| 774 | RPL_XINFOEND | :<server> 774 <nick> :End of XINFO request |
| 775 | RPL_XINFOTYPE | :<server> 775 <nick> <key> <type> [[<key> <type>] ...] |