The "Falsehoods Programmers Believe about ..." series is well worth reading every six months or so.
Invariably you forget one of the pitfalls.
The things that annoys me about "Falsehoods Programmers Believe about Email Addresses" is that one person can have several email addresses, or use one email address for several different uses, so using an email address as a login to a website account can get really, really messy.
Invariably you forget one of the pitfalls.
The things that annoys me about "Falsehoods Programmers Believe about Email Addresses" is that one person can have several email addresses, or use one email address for several different uses, so using an email address as a login to a website account can get really, really messy.