Inconsistent rules for name adding

[kerct]

The user guide states that Username must be an alphanumeric String without spaces, but I can add names that contain "/" and "@", but not "-".

[nus-pe-bot]

Team's Response

The dashes are used as special characters in the parser and thus should be entered as names. We overlooked this in the explanation of the username being alphanumeric in the user guide and could have been clearer about it.

Items for the Tester to Verify

:question: Issue type

Team chose [type.DocumentationBug] Originally [type.FunctionalityBug]

• [x] I disagree

Reason for disagreement: It is not purely a documentation issue since the error message needs to be fixed too. In this example, "missing name" is not an appropriate message. Perhaps it should be changed to something like "no hyphens allowed".

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:question: Issue severity

Team chose [severity.Low] Originally [severity.High]

• [x] I disagree

Reason for disagreement: Since the program only allows the user to add one word for the name, it is highly likely that users would make use of "-" to combine the words of longer names. Furthermore, some people do have hyphen in their names. Being unable to add these names, together with the wrong error message displayed, will definitely affect the operation of the product.

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