Thanks Olly

Can rely on you for a clear and rational explanation!

I've added a bit on the  wiki

https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/drawingchecklist#scrap

and plagiarised your text on the FAQ page as well.

https://therion.speleo.sk/wiki/faq#how_do_i_add_peoples_names_if_they_have_more_than_two_words_names

Bruce

-----Original Message-----

From: Olly Betts [mailto:olly@survex.com]

Sent: Saturday, 15 July 2017 1:24 PM

To: Bruce Mutton via Therion <therion@speleo.sk>

Cc: Bruce Mutton <bruce@tomo.co.nz>

Subject: Re: [Therion] Person data type with more than two names

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