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overkill implies partial

Whole/Partial/Overkill are mutually exclusive with no overlap at all. The statement `E.G. "Whole word, Overkill" should be theoretically be exactly the same as "Whole word"` does not make sense and should be deleted, and the options become

• Whole word
• Whole word, Case insensitive
• Partial word
• Partial word, Case insensitive
• Overkill word
• Overkill word, Case insensitive

--Pete Lomax (talk) 03:27, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

It depends on how you define overlap. IMO, the only thing in that phrase that is even somewhat questionable is the word "theoretically".

I was trying to anticipate questions here asking: "What is the difference between 'Whole word' and 'Whole word, overkill'? they should be exactly the same." The way I envision it, Whole word is a "finding" operation and Overkill is a "replacing" operation so there isn't really overlap, it's just that the normal result of Whole word IS effectively "overkill". But that's just my view. I don't want to unnecessarily constrain other authors / languages. How you, as a example author, choose to construct your logic is completely besides the point. I see that more as an implementation detail. The task is to get the job done. How you do it is up to you. --Thundergnat (talk) 10:13, 30 March 2020 (UTC)