Automattic / Automattic/harper
SplitWords false positive: "absense" should probably be written as ab sense.
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false-positive
harper-core
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Description
**What got flagged?**
"In the absense of external encoding information, the XML parser needs to determine the encoding from the XML declaration."
Harper flags:
"absense" should probably be written as "ab sense".
**Why is this incorrect?**
"Absense" is a proper word.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the SplitWords rule and its associated tests in the Harper repository, then reproduce the warning for the quoted XML sentence. Add a regression case covering "absense" and verify that the intended wording is no longer flagged incorrectly.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100