Strange parsing of name w lastname prefix and title before and after

[kaspersorensen]

The combination of having lastname prefixes and repeated titles before and after a name seems to break the parsers logic around middle name handling.

Here's a test that fails:

        hn = HumanName("dr Vincent van Gogh dr")
        self.assertEqual("Vincent", hn.first)
        self.assertEqual("van", hn.middle)
        self.assertEqual("Gogh", hn.last)

For some reason, the middle name comes out as dr Vincent van instead of the expected van.

[derek73]

Current master does this:

% python tests.py "dr Vincent van Gogh dr"
<HumanName : [
	title: 'dr' 
	first: 'Vincent' 
	middle: ' dr Vincent van' 
	last: 'Gogh' 
	suffix: 'dr'
	nickname: ''
]>

Actually this is what I would expect because "van" is a prefix and should attach itself to the following piece.

% python tests.py "dr Vincent van Gogh dr"
<HumanName : [
	title: 'dr' 
	first: 'Vincent' 
	middle: '' 
	last: 'van Gogh' 
	suffix: 'dr'
	nickname: ''
]>

I think this is a valid bug but I'm not sure what the issue is.

[derek73]

actually, "van" is not a prefix because it is sometimes a first name. So you're right, this should be the expected output:

% python tests.py "dr Vincent van Gogh dr"
<HumanName : [
	title: 'dr' 
	first: 'Vincent' 
	middle: 'van' 
	last: 'Gogh' 
	suffix: 'dr'
	nickname: ''
]>