+ /** Returns true if a user has a given permission.
+ * This is used to check whether or not users may perform certain actions which admins may not wish to give to
+ * all operators, yet are not commands. An example might be oper override, mass messaging (/notice $*), etc.
+ *
+ * @param privstr The priv to chec, e.g. "users/override/topic". These are loaded free-form from the config file.
+ * @param noisy If set to true, the user is notified that they do not have the specified permission where applicable. If false, no notification is sent.
+ * @return True if this user has the permission in question.
+ */
+ bool HasPrivPermission(const std::string &privstr, bool noisy = false);
+
+ /** Returns true or false if a user can set a privileged user or channel mode.
+ * This is done by looking up their oper type from User::oper, then referencing
+ * this to their oper classes, and checking the modes they can set.
+ * @param mode The mode the check
+ * @param type ModeType (MODETYPE_CHANNEL or MODETYPE_USER).
+ * @return True if the user can set or unset this mode.
+ */
+ bool HasModePermission(unsigned char mode, ModeType type);
+