# $EPIC: ischanop,v 1.7 2002/02/12 01:04:05 brian Exp $
Synopsis:
   $ischanop(<nick> <channel>)

Technical:
   * If the <nick> argument is omitted, the empty string is returned.
   * If the <channel> argument is omitted, or if it is a literal star ('*'),
     then the current channel is assumed.  
   * BEWARE -- if you are connected to more than one server and the current
     window is connected to a different server than whatever context this
     function is called in, it may falsely return 0.  To be sure, always
     specify the channel name!
   * This function returns 1 if <nick> is a channel operator on <channel>.
   * This function uses the internal channel cache:
     * Both you and <nick> must be on <channel> or it will return 0.
     * If /on channel_sync has not been thrown for <channel> it may return 0.

Practical:
   Many scripts try to avoid giving channel operator status (+o) to those
   who already have it (to save bandwidth).  You can use this function to 
   see if someone is a channel operator as a condition of some other action.

Returns:
   1 if <nick> is a channel operator on <channel> and 0 if not.  Both you
   and <nick> must be on <channel>.

History:
   This function first appeared in ircII-2.2pre1

See Also:
   ishalfop(6); ischanvoice(6); chops(6); nochops(6)