That's not all there is to it. There is also a convention using parentheses to combine parameters together.
On Aug 25, 12:26 pm, Marnen Laibow-Koser <[email protected]> wrote: > Adam Lassek wrote: > > Using "person[address][street_address]" to denote a nested Hash > > structure is semantic, > > In what respect? It's abusing a particular form of HTTP parameter name, > true, but that's about it. > > Rails' reservation of HTTP parameter names "controller" and "action" > might be considered semantic, but I don't think the brackets are. > > > and it is not part of the spec. you might think > > it trivial, but not all frameworks behave in this way. So it is useful > > to note that this convention exists and explain its rules. Agreed? > > That's all I'm asking after here. > > Very simple. The brackets act like hash subscripts. Hashes are > constructed so to make this possible. That's all there is to it AFAIK. > > > > > I'm sorry if my choice of the word "microformat" offends you so badly > > in this context, > > It doesn't offend me -- it's just inaccurate. > > > but then you have yet to offer an alternative. > > I don't think there is a useful word other than "mapping" or something > like that. > > > And > > other people on this list have understood what I meant. So maybe it's > > not worth arguing about. > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koserhttp://www.marnen.org > [email protected] > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" 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/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
