Re-adding the dev ML; Regina's full reply at https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/design/2024/msg00045.html On 15.05.24 2:03 AM, Regina Henschel wrote:
The problem is, what should be the output, when the user sets Match_mode 2 together with Search_mode 2 or -2.
Excel returns #VALUE! for the combination =XLOOKUP(C3;A$1:A$3;B$1:B$3;"INV";2;2) while we do some processing. On 14.05.24 5:04 AM, Mike Kaganski wrote:
Emitting error is the only sane way here.Absolutely.
It is not some kind of interruptive error box but a typical way to give feedback on typos or for unspecified content. Silently switching to some other way of processing is almost impossible to understand for users. And I cannot follow the arguments that no error message makes the handling easier.
If you want, we can run a poll what users prefer.
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