Hi, The upload parameter is necessary because it's impractical to determine the set of files to upload based on the static_files directive alone: static_files can contain substitution parameters from the regular expression in 'url', and there's no way to tell which strings could be inserted with those substitution parameters.
-Nick Johnson On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 4:45 PM, pdknsk <[email protected]> wrote: > In the example below, why is this redundancy necessary? I don't > understand why it needs to be declared separately. > > handlers: > - url: /(.*\.(?:css|ico|png|txt)) > static_files: static/\1 > upload: static/(.*\.(?:css|ico|png|txt)) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: 368047 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
