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Target Selectors Should Have Default Limit=1 When Needed

Some commands require that their target selectors must only be able to target one entity. Attempting to use these commands with a target selector that allows for more than one entity to be selected gives an error message. However, it would be much better if those target selectors could just default to limiting to one entity only when needed, so players wouldn't have to type "limit=1" every time they tried to run a command that required it. To make the default limit apparent to new players, some text like "(limit of 1 entity)" could appear above when typing in a target selector in order to tell players that the command would only allow one entity to be targeted. 

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    But then how would the player know this?

     

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    i really hope more people vote for this. i'm so tired of having to write "limit=1" every single time i modify entity data

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    I believe this is a bad idea.

    The main strength of Minecraft is that what you see is what you get. The reason so many people have taught themselves coding with this game is because it makes sense. We cannot introduce confusion in an effort to save some time.

    Suggestion: Start practicing tab complete. I typically write 1-2 letters of every single command/selector/property/etc and tab complete. You will learn which situations have competing options, and when you need to tab twice, etc. Programming is about learning how to work with the language.