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Support all allowed channel prefixes

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RFC 2812 specifies in §1.3 that “Channels names are strings (beginning
with a '&', '#', '+' or '!' character) of length up to fifty (50)
characters.”

We previously only allowed the first two prefix characters, or any other
one if the server overrides the list with ISUPPORT.
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@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ IRC channels and IRC users have a local part formed like this:
``name`` can be a channel name or an user nickname. The distinction between
the two is based on the first character: by default, if the name starts with
``'#'`` or ``'&'`` (but this can be overridden by the server, using the
ISUPPORT extension) then it’s a channel name, otherwise this is a nickname.
``'&'``, ``'#'``, ``'+'`` or ``'!'`` (but this can be overridden by the server,
using the ISUPPORT extension) then it’s a channel name, otherwise this is a
nickname.
There is two ways to address an IRC user, using a local part like this:
``nickname`` % ``irc_server`` or by using the in-room address of the