commit: f4e87fa1d0d7a55a4057a247cfa22297416a5095
parent 8ce0414c2eb9fad04bef50dd916c78607ab8d0ce
Author: Haelwenn (lanodan) Monnier <contact@hacktivis.me>
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:08:53 +0200
notes/computing-truths: Clarify email validation
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1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/notes/computing-truths.txt b/notes/computing-truths.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ I would love to be proved wrong or shown doubts on any of this, thanks a lot if
## Parsing
- You cannot parse non-regular languages/formats with one regex
-- You cannot entirely validate emails
+- You cannot entirely validate an email address prior to it's actual usage
- You cannot write a parser for all version numbers
- Some regex languages aren't (regular)
- You can parse non-regular languages/formats with multiple regexes (see lex/yacc, awk, perl, …)
