> "All punctuation will be considered but avoided where possible because street names and addresses, when stored in databases, must meet the standards set out i

> "All punctuation will be considered but avoided where possible because street names and addresses, when stored in databases, must meet the standards set out in BS7666. > "This restricts the use of punctuation marks and special characters (e.g. apostrophes, hyphens and ampersands) to avoid potential problems when searching the databases as these characters have specific meanings in computer systems." When defensive programming spills out into the real world mitigations, something's gone horribly wrong.