+
+ /* If the mode defined by the handler is not '\0', but the handler for it
+ * cannot be found, they probably dont have the right module loaded to implement
+ * the prefix they want to compare the mode against, e.g. '&' for m_chanprotect.
+ * Revert to checking against the minimum core prefix, '%'.
+ */
+ if (needed && !prefixmode)
+ prefixmode = FindPrefix('%');
+
+ unsigned int neededrank = prefixmode->GetPrefixRank();
+ /* Compare our rank on the channel against the rank of the required prefix,
+ * allow if >= ours. Because mIRC and xchat throw a tizz if the modes shown
+ * in NAMES(X) are not in rank order, we know the most powerful mode is listed
+ * first, so we don't need to iterate, we just look up the first instead.
+ */
+ std::string modestring = targetchannel->GetAllPrefixChars(user);
+ char ml = (modestring.empty() ? '\0' : modestring[0]);
+ ModeHandler* ourmode = FindPrefix(ml);
+ if (!ourmode || ourmode->GetPrefixRank() < neededrank)