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| author | Jon Staab <shtaab@gmail.com> | 2018-05-09 09:13:33 -0700 |
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| committer | Jon Staab <shtaab@gmail.com> | 2018-05-09 09:13:33 -0700 |
| commit | 22549769dc6539bf3eb479844b9309c8fdc84596 (patch) | |
| tree | 26974960d2f554d24dab01c8f2b1baca00ebe6b1 /docs | |
| parent | 47e032a84fa7b3b18f97876d49c1cb30b3165af3 (diff) | |
| download | jsonschema-22549769dc6539bf3eb479844b9309c8fdc84596.tar.gz | |
Re-wording email disclaimer to fit the reasoning behind it
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/validate.rst | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/docs/validate.rst b/docs/validate.rst index e6c6d5f..43b6f00 100644 --- a/docs/validate.rst +++ b/docs/validate.rst @@ -278,12 +278,13 @@ validation can be enabled by hooking in a format-checking object into an Traceback (most recent call last): ... ValidationError: "-12" is not a "hostname" - + .. note:: - - For the sake of speed and simplicity, format checkers may implement only - partial validation; in particular, full rfc5322_ validation for email - addresses is not provided. + + Since fully validating an email address requires checking that it is + formatted correctly, as well as that it belongs to the correct recipient, + the email format validator only provides a sanity check, not full rfc5322_ + validation. .. autoclass:: FormatChecker :members: |