Phone number validation too strict

[nus-se-bot]

The feature does not solve the stated problem of the intended user i.e., the feature is 'incomplete'

Such overzealous input blocking can be considered a type.FeatureFlaw bug.

Users might want to save international numbers. The restriction of only 8 digits is too strict, even if you can accept not allowing the + for the country code. This is likely to cause occasional inconvenience (it is not that rare for people to have relatives or next of kin living overseas, especially as Singapore is considered a good place to grow old in and is also particularly cosmopolitan) as the is no convenient workaround for this

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_{[original: nus-cs2103-AY2122S1/pe-interim#5548] [original labels: type.FeatureFlaw severity.Medium]}

[CraveToCode]

Team's Response

It is rare for phone numbers to be international, especially in nursing homes were NoK phone numbers are usually local. Even if there is an international phone number, the user can workaround it by using the remark command to add the international phone number as a remark. Hence, we have downgraded the severity to low.

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