On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 12:06:43PM +1200, Bruce Mutton via Therion wrote:
Therion Book says of this data type:
person �� a person��s first name and surname separated by whitespace characters. Use ��/�� to separate first name and surname if there are more names.
Perhaps more clearly: a person can have at most two names (name1 and name2). If there's a "/" then that separates the name1 and name2 (which can then contain spaces), otherwise whitespace separates name1 and name2. So multiple "/" is an error, as is multiple whitespace without a "/". At least that's what the code appears to do, and it's consistent with all your examples. I guess it's up to the user how best to separate a person's fairly arbitrary number of names into at most two groups. Just be careful never to go surveying with someone with a "/" in their name... Cheers, Olly