[development] Splitting hook_menu into hook_menu and hook_router

[Dries Buytaert]

On 16 Jan 2007, at 23:04, Karoly Negyesi wrote:
> We discussed renaming hook_menu and hook_router was a popular  
> choice but as Gerhard says "I don't like to rename funtions just  
> for the sake of renaming them" so it remained hook_menu .

On a slightly related note.  Rails 1.2 was released -- one of the  
changes includes a complete rewrite of their router code.  Might be  
worth a closer look.

   "Action Pack has an all new implementation of Routes that’s both  
faster and more secure, but it’s also a little stricter. Semicolons  
and periods are separators, so a /download/:file route which used to  
match /download/history.txt doesn’t work any more. Use :requirements  
=> { :file => /.*/ } to match the period."

http://weblog.rubyonrails.com/2007/1/19/rails-1-2-rest-admiration- 
http-lovefest-and-utf-8-celebrations

(The "formats and respond_to" feature is something I've wanted for 2  
years now.  In Drupal, that is.)

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