>>> + $diagnostics .= "Missing a pair of parentheses '()' or a pair of double quotation marks (\"\").\n";
>>
>> Can such a message trigger any more thoughts and development ideas?
>
> No, I don't think so. '(" ... ")' is the minimum interface between analyser
> (checkpatch) and commit id description (normal commit id and 'Fixes:' tag)
* I am proposing to recheck the influence of quotation character alternatives
also at this place.
* How do you think about to provide an information without the word “or”
in error messages?
> about the title, it is very difficult if not impossible to guess the title
> boundary and whether it is the *REAL* title that folllow the SHA1 without
> this precondition,
I find this concern reasonable.
> and it is more difficult to do it when we need to support
> title which across lines in the normal commit id description.
I imagine that further software design options can be considered.
> At last I really doubt the benefit it brings deserves the complexity and the
> current diagnostics info is enough clear for most situation.
* Will a safer data format description trigger corresponding efforts?
* Will the structure of the commit title matter?
* Would you like to improve checks (and program organisation) besides
the application of regular expressions?
Regards,
Markus
