I should have written "directory names" instead of "file names" (even
though they are related).
The conflict is apparent when web2py and other things (Apache, etc.)
work together. For example, Apache routes the static files whereas
web2py routes the dynamic things.
When you say URL('static', 'style.css'), web2py will assume that app-
names should be converted to hyphens. But its routing will interfere
with the conventional assumption of Apache, which is underscores are
meant to be underscores.
On Mar 31, 2:52 pm, VP <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I guess I can see leaving the default to re-map hyphens to underscores but
> > perhaps only on functions?
>
> YES.
>
> App names are file names, and people generally don't want to have
> hyphens in their file names, which is the opposite of what they would
> want for URLs.
>
> As for app names, I think they should be left alone because the
> typical convention for file naming is underscored, which is the
> opposite of what is desired for URLs. In other words, if people name
> their files with underscores, it wouldn't be reasonable to assume they
> want hyphens.
