4 files changed, 28 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/louloulibs/utils/string.cpp b/louloulibs/utils/string.cpp
index 3977feb..7ed1aa3 100644
--- a/louloulibs/utils/string.cpp
+++ b/louloulibs/utils/string.cpp
@@ -4,3 +4,15 @@ bool to_bool(const std::string& val)
 {
   return (val == "1" || val == "true");
 }
+
+std::vector<std::string> cut(const std::string& val, const std::size_t size)
+{
+  std::vector<std::string> res;
+  std::string::size_type pos = 0;
+  while (pos < val.size())
+    {
+      res.emplace_back(val.substr(pos, size));
+      pos += size;
+    }
+  return res;
+}
diff --git a/louloulibs/utils/string.hpp b/louloulibs/utils/string.hpp
index 3775c36..1c8f001 100644
--- a/louloulibs/utils/string.hpp
+++ b/louloulibs/utils/string.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef STRING_UTILS_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define STRING_UTILS_HPP_INCLUDED
 
+#include <vector>
 #include <string>
 
 bool to_bool(const std::string& val);
+std::vector<std::string> cut(const std::string& val, const std::size_t size);
 
 #endif /* STRING_UTILS_HPP_INCLUDED */
diff --git a/src/irc/irc_client.cpp b/src/irc/irc_client.cpp
index e320db9..2cf0840 100644
--- a/src/irc/irc_client.cpp
+++ b/src/irc/irc_client.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <config/config.hpp>
 #include <utils/tolower.hpp>
 #include <utils/split.hpp>
+#include <utils/string.hpp>
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -455,15 +456,13 @@ bool IrcClient::send_channel_message(const std::string& chan_name, const std::st
       log_warning("Cannot send message to channel ", chan_name, ", it is not joined");
       return false;
     }
-  // Cut the message body into 400-bytes parts (because the whole command
-  // must fit into 512 bytes, that's an easy way to make sure the chan name
-  // + body fits. I’m lazy.)
-  std::string::size_type pos = 0;
-  while (pos < body.size())
-    {
-      this->send_message(IrcMessage("PRIVMSG", {chan_name, body.substr(pos, 400)}));
-      pos += 400;
-    }
+  // Cut the message body into 512-bytes parts, because the whole command
+  // must fit into 512 bytes.
+  // Count the ':' at the start of the text, and two spaces
+  const auto line_size = 512 - ::strlen("PRIVMSG") - chan_name.length() - 3;
+  const auto lines = cut(body, line_size);
+  for (const auto& line: lines)
+    this->send_message(IrcMessage("PRIVMSG", {chan_name, line}));
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/utils.cpp b/tests/utils.cpp
index 8691910..54e743f 100644
--- a/tests/utils.cpp
+++ b/tests/utils.cpp
@@ -88,3 +88,9 @@ TEST_CASE("empty if fixed irc server")
     }
 
 }
+
+TEST_CASE("string cut")
+{
+  CHECK(cut("coucou", 2).size() == 3);
+  CHECK(cut("bonjour les copains", 6).size() == 4);
+}
+\ No newline at end of file