#281: Provide more helpful messages for gibberish syntax
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Reporter: jblayloc | Owner: jblayloc
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: WebSearch | Version:
Resolution: | Keywords: Invenio INSPIRE Syntax
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Comment (by jblayloc):
I think Tibor that interpreting (|kaon) as equivalent to ''|kaon is not at
all the clearly best way. Without taking time to brainstorm, there are
three immediately obvious ways I can imagine dealing with this piece of
syntax:
* Interpreting as {{{(''|kaon)}}}
* Interpreting as {{{("|kaon")}}}
* Interpreting as {{{|(kaon)}}}
...but you see, I think it's inherently problematic that I have to use the
word 'Interpreting' in each of those instances. This is an ambiguous
construct which is invalid in formal logic: the only possibility is that
we assign some meaning to it. And we can do that. But if we choose to
assign meaning to it, then we have to be very explicit that this is what
we're doing. And we have to make sure that the users know that this is
what we've done.
I think it would be simpler (in code) and easier for the user to cope with
if they simply got an error message and corrected their search.
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Ticket URL: <http://invenio-software.org/ticket/281#comment:3>
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