Some possibilities:
1. Use a different name for the new function.
path('/users/<int:pk>/')
Actually `path` is pretty valid as a name there - that's *exactly* what it
represents - the path portion of the URL.
Alternately `route`?
2. Keep `url` for both styles, but with a really simple determination
between regexs/typed urls.
The pattern *must* start with either `^` or `/`. (Include a
`regex_url` and `typed_url` for the explicit cases)
3. As per (2) but additionally have the usage of regexs in `url(...)` be
placed on the deprecation path.
I think (1) is probably my favorite choice of those, but I'm open to
discussion.
That'd give us `from django.conf import path`, and `from django.conf import
regex_path`. The existing `from django.conf.urls import url` would keep the
existing behavior but move towards deprecation.
I'm very strongly in favor of keeping Flask's style for "<type:name>".
Considering the wider ecosystem, the choice between having Python's two
biggest web frameworks share the same routing syntax vs. having them share
subtly different syntaxes is pretty clear.
I think that's a far bigger concern that if the routing syntax echos
Python's type hinting syntax or not.
To me, the alternative reads like this:
A: "Hey folks! Django's got a new routing sytnax!"
B: "Great what's it like?"
A: "Exactly the same as Flask. Oh, but we've reversed two of the arguments
around."
B: "Uh, WTF?"
Cheers for the input everyone,
Tom
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