[MC-73729] Selector arguments won't accept some names

Some custom names, like ".", "/", "@", and " " will return "The entity UUID provided is in an invalid format" even though is it possible to have entities with those names. To replicate you can type "/testfor @e[name=@]".

Environment

Operating system: OSX 10.9.3
Java Version "1.6.0_65"

Linked issues

duplicates 1

MC-54941 name= selector does not function with names containing symbols or spaces Resolved

relates to 1

MC-9739 Error with @f Resolved

Comments 5

migrated 2014-10-29T08:19:41Z

Please give the command you're trying to use.

migrated 2014-10-29T08:25:02Z

It doesn't matter. The point is that the argument thinks they are invalid names when they actually aren't.

migrated 2014-10-29T15:38:59Z

@ConorMcS:
He wrote

To replicate you can type "/testfor @e[name=@]"

migrated 2014-11-01T19:33:51Z

try using '@e[name="@"]' instead of "@e[name=@]", I don't know if this will help but it's worth trying I guess.

migrated 2014-11-02T05:42:05Z

That doesn't work, and even if it did, this would still be a bug.