There is no deep reason. It can be changed. You are the first to bring
this up.
If no objections I will change it in the next version.
Massimo
On Dec 9, 1:10 pm, Kirby Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Massimo. I understand re-mapping the url and I have the whole
> dash vs underscore thing worked out for my app. But I'm just
> wondering why controllers cannot have dashes in the name. Is it a
> python thing, a web2py thing? Just curious. I'm one of those curious
> people who like to understand why.
>
> Could someone briefly explain just to ease my curious mind?
>
> Thanks,
> -KIRBY
>
> On Dec 9, 2008, at 1:46 PM, mdipierro wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Kirby,
>
> > thanks for using web2py.
>
> > controller names cannot have dashes but you can create a web2py/
> > routes.py and map '-' into '_' for each controller.
>
> > routes_in=[
> > ('yourappname/controller-name/(?P<any>.*)','yourappname/
> > controller_name/\g<any>'),,
> > ]
>
> > Massimo
>
> > On Dec 9, 12:40 pm, Kirby Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi All,
>
> >> I'm new to web2py (today is my second day using it) but I really like
> >> what I see. I have started migrating an ASP.NET site over to web2py
> >> and I'm amazed at how fast the migration is going.
>
> >> My original site uses dashes in some of its URLs. In migrating
> >> over I
> >> originally defined a controller and view with embedded dashes in the
> >> name, e.g., my-controller.py and my-controller.html. When I try
> >> viewing the web page through the web2py web server I get an "invalid
> >> request" error 400.
>
> >> Now, it's not a big deal to change the dashes to underscores and
> >> actually that is what I have already done. But I'm wondering why
> >> embedded dashes are not allowed. I started looking through the
> >> web2py
> >> but I haven't found the answer yet.
>
> >> Anyone have any insight as to why I cannot use dashes in the
> >> controller name? Just curious.
>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -KIRBY
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