valid phone number is not allowed

[nus-se-script]

+659999999 should be allowed as a phone number. The app doesn't allow area codes or dialing codes which should be allowed for this application as the user guide does not state it is only for Singaporeans. It could be used internationally. I could have international friends and their phone number must have dialing codes.

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_{[original: nus-cs2103-AY2425S1/pe-interim#1964] [original labels: severity.Medium type.FunctionalityBug]}

[hogretup]

Team's Response

Thanks for submitting this report.

Comments from dev team: Let us explain why it is this way:

phone numbers should generally only contain numbers, it is in the name phone numbers
users can still input the country code without the +
users can use the tag feature to label contacts as "HP" or "Office" if needed

Bug Type that we chose: feature flaw The error screen clearly shows that only numbers are allowed, this is intended behavior, not a bug

Severity that we chose: low This would only affect a small portion of users, and there are plenty of workarounds given above.

Decision that we made: not in scope

According to the course website, this can be classified not in scope. The implementation of tag and link features are more important than this minor issue, and do note that the tag features already solves one part of your bug report. On top of that, the user input is handled gracefully as you can see in the clear error message.

Duplicate status (if any):

Duplicate of #3406