Re: An idea for the URL dispatcher

2013-03-21 Thread Carl Meyer
Hi Daniele, On 03/21/2013 02:07 AM, Daniele Procida wrote: > I think it would at minimum require hooks so that the URL dispatcher > could call other functions, not just views. > > So: > > * the URL dispatcher could be invoked with a special argument when > you want it not to call views but perfo

Re: An idea for the URL dispatcher

2013-03-21 Thread Daniele Procida
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013, Carl Meyer wrote: >> Often - not always but often - a Django URL will map to a model >> instance via a URLconf and a view >I think this is an interesting idea for some specific use cases, but I >don't think its implementation belongs in the core url-resolver code, >for a co

Re: An idea for the URL dispatcher

2013-03-20 Thread Carl Meyer
Hi Daniele, On 03/20/2013 05:46 AM, Daniele Procida wrote: > I have an idea for the URL dispatcher, and I'd like to know what your > thoughts are. > > Often - not always but often - a Django URL will map to a model > instance via a URLconf and a view. > > I can think o

An idea for the URL dispatcher

2013-03-20 Thread Daniele Procida
I have an idea for the URL dispatcher, and I'd like to know what your thoughts are. Often - not always but often - a Django URL will map to a model instance via a URLconf and a view. I can think of a few uses for a feature that used Django's URLconfs to return the model instance, i