Unable To Add Supplier Even Though Email Is Valid (Error Shown)

[nus-se-script]

Description

For the following command: add_supplier n/Fresh Farms Ltd p/98765432 e/a+_.-a@example.com a/23 Orchard Street, the email meets the constraints shown in the error message, yet the error is shown.

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Expected

Supplier should have been added

Actual

Error given

Reason For Severity

Users will be confused when they try to add a supplier while following the given constraints. Given how the provided email matches the constraints and yet the error confusingly says otherwise, this will be a big inconvenience for the user.

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_{[original: nus-cs2103-AY2425S1/pe-interim#3326] [original labels: severity.Medium type.FunctionalityBug]}

[Anvita2110]

Team's Response

Justification for Severity.low:

Emails with unusual formats like a+_.-a@example.com (with all special characters together) are extremely rare in real-world scenarios. Most users are likely to use conventional email addresses (e.g., john.doe@example.com), which are unaffected by this issue.

This bug is unlikely to occur often because:

• Such uncommon email formats are rarely used.
• Most valid email addresses users input will still pass validation.

With reference to the definition of severity.Low and severity.Medium:

Duplicate status (if any):

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