Re: bug in new map.resources

On Jul 31, 2006, at 9:41 PM, David Heinemeier Hansson wrote:
>> Postbacks aside, I still think inverting the optional actions hashes
>> (key by method instead of action) is still a better way to go.  It's
>> less to type, less to transform, and I tend to think of the actions
>> grouped by http method anyway (at least when doing restful routes).
>> It's not a huge difference so if I'm a lone voice on this I'll shut
>> up, but I did want to at least put it forth as an option.
>
> I actually consider the verbosity a feature in this case. If you're
> writing so many additional methods that the repetition is beginning to
> bug you, you should revisit your intentions. You're probably not being
> as RESTful as you could be.

Just checking... You think that code that is less readable and more  
tedious to write is an advantage?  I guess from the perspective of  
macro-optimization vs micro-optimization I wouldn't argue with you,  
but I think that's a hell of a way to encourage people to do the  
right thing.  If going restful is all that, you shouldn't need to  
rely on syntactic vinegar to force people to do it the right way.   
Now, if you were to say that organizing the actions hash as {:action  
=> method, ...} is desirable because it guarantees an action only is  
used once, then sure, that makes sense.  Either way, I can get behind  
it.

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