Poll: help fallback, // separators, quoted questions, multi-vote

poc/src/communication.ts

@@ -198,13 +198,37 @@ export interface ParsedPoll {
 
 /** Parse `question | option 1 | option 2 [| option 3 [| option 4]]`. */
 export function parsePoll(text: string): ParsedPoll | undefined {
-    const parts = text.split("|").map(part => part.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-    if (parts.length < 3 || parts.length > 5) return undefined;
+    // A quoted question lets the first option follow without a separator:
+    //   "What country is best" Sweden // Denmark // Madagaskar
+    const quoted = text.match(/^\s*["'“”](.+?)["'“”]\s*([\s\S]*)$/);
 
-    const [question, ...options] = parts;
-    if (!question || options.length < 2 || options.some(option => option.length > 80)) return undefined;
+    let question: string;
+    let optionParts: string[];
 
-    return { question: question.slice(0, 200), options: options.map(option => option.slice(0, 80)) };
+    if (quoted) {
+        question = quoted[1].trim();
+        optionParts = splitPollParts(quoted[2]);
+    } else {
+        const parts = splitPollParts(text);
+        question = parts[0]?.trim() ?? "";
+        optionParts = parts.slice(1);
+    }
+
+    if (!question || optionParts.length < 2 || optionParts.length > 4) return undefined;
+    if (optionParts.some(option => option.length > 80)) return undefined;
+
+    return { question: question.slice(0, 200), options: optionParts.map(option => option.slice(0, 80)) };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Split poll parts on `|` or on `//` with whitespace on both sides. The
+ * whitespace guard keeps URLs such as `https://example.com` in one piece.
+ */
+function splitPollParts(text: string): string[] {
+    return text
+        .split(/\s+\/\/\s+|\s*\|\s*/)
+        .map(part => part.trim())
+        .filter(Boolean);
 }
 
 /* Secret redaction for persistent logs. Keep it minimal. */