[Bug 70626] Provide access to the user and host parts of RPL_WHOISUSER

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70626

--- Comment #7 from Debarshi Ray <rishi.is at lostca.se> ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> Attachment #46403 [details], which added x-host, says:
> 
> > The RPL_WHOISHOST message indicates the host name and IP address from
> > which the nick is connected to the server. This message is received
> > only if the nick against which the WHOIS message was sent is the one
> > that sent the it.
> 
> Please clarify? Do you mean "you only get this if you do a whois on
> yourself, not if you do a whois on other people"?

Yes.

> If you do, then perhaps x-irc-hostname could be described in terms like "the
> hostname from which the client connected, or a "mask" or other
> pseudo-hostname if the client's real hostname has been hidden" and x-host
> could be described in terms of it being less likely to be available than
> x-irc-hostname, but more likely to be really a hostname if present?

Yes, sounds correct to me.

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