canpolat@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · edit-23 years agoFalsehoods Programmers Believe About Nameswww.kalzumeus.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: interestingshare@lemmy.zip
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFalsehoods Programmers Believe About Nameswww.kalzumeus.comcanpolat@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · edit-23 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: interestingshare@lemmy.zip
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years ago100% agree. ™@tld user-at-fqdn@domain.tld. "user with spaces"@domain.tld "user@notdomain"@domain.tld endswitha_@domain.tld user+tag@gmail.com unicodedomain@🤡.tld All of those are valid, and the know-it-all developer’s shitty regex won’t cover most of them.
minus-squareeluvatar@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·3 years agoExcept lots of email services won’t take a technically correct email anyway.
minus-squareono@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years ago“Systems that break email already exist, so let’s add more to the world.” Please, no.
100% agree.
™@tlduser-at-fqdn@domain.tld."user with spaces"@domain.tld"user@notdomain"@domain.tldendswitha_@domain.tlduser+tag@gmail.comunicodedomain@🤡.tldAll of those are valid, and the know-it-all developer’s shitty regex won’t cover most of them.
Except lots of email services won’t take a technically correct email anyway.
“Systems that break email already exist, so let’s add more to the world.”
Please, no.