add person with add n/cookie monster a/sesame street p/91234567 e/cookie.monster@example.com
add person again with add n/cookie monster a/sesame street p/91234567 e/cookie.monster@example.com
expected
application should inform users that second person cannot be added due to the name already existing in the application.
actual
application displays error : This person already exists in the address book
which is not comprehensive enough as users may not know how the application identifies duplicate persons.
screenshots
other comments
may want to consider making the error message more comprehensive or add an additional warning in the user guide stating that persons are uniquely identified by their names and persons with duplicate names cannot be added.
steps to reproduce
add person with
add n/cookie monster a/sesame street p/91234567 e/cookie.monster@example.com
add person again with
add n/cookie monster a/sesame street p/91234567 e/cookie.monster@example.com
expected
application should inform users that second person cannot be added due to the name already existing in the application.
actual
application displays error : This person already exists in the address book
which is not comprehensive enough as users may not know how the application identifies duplicate persons.
screenshots
other comments
may want to consider making the error message more comprehensive or add an additional warning in the user guide stating that persons are uniquely identified by their names and persons with duplicate names cannot be added.