From: Alex DeCaria <alex.decaria@...>
Date: 2010-04-15T00:09:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Method to groom a string to floating point representation

Jean-Julien Fleck wrote:

> 
> Sure, fun it is :o)
> But that's exactly the kind of software that could drive me mad (as a
> user). You assume that your user is making a typo but what if he is
> not ? What if he truly believe what he is writing is a perfectly
> correct float ? He will retry again, and again and again untill he
> decide that the whole software is just a fraud :o) So IMHO, it is more
> efficient to let your user know what kind of error he is (possibly
> repetitively) doing and propose an alternative rather than erase what
> he believe could be right.
> 
> Cheers,

I can't argue with the point you are making.  I will continue to use the 
automatic string grooming, but will probably include a message to the 
user letting them know why what they are typing isn't showing up in the 
textbox.

--Alex
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