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Originally Posted by shotsky
Maybe the software could detect an attempt at something such as -'input-default' and either suggest the correct format, or just USE it and do the correct thing? Software that simply refuses to funtion, or tells you 'you are stupid, you did it wrong' without telling you what is right, is just a waste.
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Having done quite a bit of user input parsing in the past few years, I can tell you that it's very nontrivial to find where syntax errors in user input are, let alone correct them. You have to keep in mind that there are at least as many ways to make an error in a given input as there are users of the software. As for correcting the error, the software would have to know the intention of the user. I believe it's better do do nothing and error out than have the software do something the user didn't want it to do and potentially break data in the process.