Channels’ disco#info includes the number of participants

fix #3311

src/irc/irc_client.cpp

@@ -317,9 +317,21 @@ IrcChannel* IrcClient::get_channel(const std::string& n)
     }
   catch (const std::out_of_range& exception)
     {
-      this->channels.emplace(name, std::make_unique<IrcChannel>());
+      return this->channels.emplace(name, std::make_unique<IrcChannel>()).first->second.get();
+    }
+}
+
+const IrcChannel* IrcClient::find_channel(const std::string& n) const
+{
+  const std::string name = utils::tolower(n);
+  try
+    {
       return this->channels.at(name).get();
     }
+  catch (const std::out_of_range& exception)
+    {
+      return nullptr;
+    }
 }
 
 bool IrcClient::is_channel_joined(const std::string& name)

src/irc/irc_client.hpp

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ public:
    * Return the channel with this name, create it if it does not yet exist
    */
   IrcChannel* get_channel(const std::string& name);
+  /**
+   * Return the channel with this name. Nullptr if it is not found
+   */
+   const IrcChannel* find_channel(const std::string& name) const;
   /**
    * Returns true if the channel is joined
    */