* shorter than minlen, in example when matching abc*def*ghil with a nick:
* It just cannot match since a nick is at most 9 chars long and the mask
* needs at least 10 chars (10 will be the value returned in minlen).
* shorter than minlen, in example when matching abc*def*ghil with a nick:
* It just cannot match since a nick is at most 9 chars long and the mask
* needs at least 10 chars (10 will be the value returned in minlen).