Private vs Secret

[Oyarsa]

I'm trying to remember the differences between these two channel modes. On some servers private channels do show in a list but the topic isnt viewable. This doesnt seem to be the case on Unreal.

[Dukat]

I made a quick overview:

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Mode    Show in /list   Show /names     Show /topic             Show in /who    Show in /whois
+p      Yes, as *       No              Yes                     No              No
+s      No              No              No (ERR_NOTONCHANNEL)   No              No

(Everything of course only applies if you are not in the same channel... )

(The * as channelname on mode +p is kinda strange... but the "RFC-way" would be strange too: "Private channels are listed (without their topics) channel "Prv" unless the client generating the query is actually on that channel.")