Re: [evolution-patches] Fix address field display.

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>]

On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 14:26 -0500, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:
> "display nicely" does not necessarily mean it has to conform to the
> rfc822 address specification. In fact, it *can't* conform to the address
> specification because we want the encoded names to be decoded, and that,
> by definition, is not compliant.

OK. But slightly more important than cosmetics is usabilty.
Fundamentally, the definition of 'display nicely' has to include the
criterion that, given an address in an email, we mustn't confuse the
user by displaying it in a way which, when given that input back in a
To: text entry box, we don't interpret it as meaning something
_different_, or as being invalid.

Neither should we lose information.

So it is fundamentally wrong to display:
	To: "Woodhouse, Dave" <dave infradead org>
as
	To: Woodhouse, Dave <dave infradead org>

since there's no possible justification for interpreting the latter form
with the original meaning of being a _single_ address.

Likewise, it is fundamentally wrong to display:
	To: Those people who are invited to my party : ;
as:
	

Render the display as pretty as you like; but don't render it
non-functional or lose information.

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dwmw2