Automattic / Automattic/harper
When suggesting that a purportedly incorrectly-spelled hyphenated compound noun be replaced with its correct counterpart, Harper suggests programmatic title case, rather than correctly convert the first letter, of all words, except the first, into lower-case.
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Description
#### What Was Flagged
“Pre-Requisite” was flagged for replacement with “PreRequisite”, per:
#### Why This Is Incorrect
`eng`, especially `.*-GBr-oxEnDict`, does not utilise title case without spaces between words.
#### Examples Of Correct Usage
- > Pre-Requisite
- > Prerequisite
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the suggestion with “Pre-Requisite” and compare the proposed “PreRequisite” replacement against the examples in the issue. Trace the spelling suggestion rule that handles hyphenated compound nouns; done means the replacement preserves “Pre-Requisite” or produces “Prerequisite” rather than applying title case without spaces.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100