Right not if there is a ; the URL does not pass validation so ; is
simply not allowed. We can write this so that if ; is present the new
method for parsing is used and urls generated by URL would always
follow the new convention. Old convention would still work. I do not
see any ambiguity.

On Apr 9, 8:16 am, DenesL <denes1...@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> I like the semicolon idea.
> But doesn't it imply changing web2py, anywhere where args and vars are
> used, like the URL function?.
>
> On Apr 8, 2:22 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > I think if ; is present it be used by default to delimit the args
> > since there cannot be confusion there
>
> > /a/c/f.ext;a0/a1/a2
> > /a/c/f/a0/a1/a2.ext
>
> > should be parsed in the same way.
>
> > routes_in and routes_out should not be affected since they only
> > rewrite the URL before web2py interprets it.
>
> > On Apr 8, 12:43 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
>
> > > I just want it to be able to routes_in on both with ; and without ;.
>
> > > This is because my blog is indexed on google, and I want my old links
> > > to still work If I moved over to the ; method.
>
> > > -Thadeus
>
> > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > On Apr 8, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Thadeus Burgess wrote:
>
> > > >> How will we be able to configure to use one or the other?
>
> > > > I'm thinking an alternative variable in routes.py.
>
> > > > Also, there would be (I think) a provision for application-specific 
> > > > routes.py files, so once the application is resolved at the top level, 
> > > > the application-specific parsing could either be in the global 
> > > > routes.py (as now) or the app-specific version.
>
> > > >> Will it be able to do "Both" at the same time (for routes_in of
> > > >> course). I ask since certain web2py sites are scanned in google, you
> > > >> don't want the old links to dis-appear.
>
> > > > Perhaps, but with some restrictions, since using / as the args 
> > > > separator leads to ambiguities that don't exist with ;.
>
> > > > I'd like to be able to use standard Python libraries to do the main 
> > > > parsing work. Seehttp://docs.python.org/library/urlparse.html
>
> > > > BTW, RFC2396 actually allows a ;-separated parameter on each component 
> > > > of the path; you could 
> > > > havehttp://domain.com/app;arg1/ctlr;arg2/function;arg3?query_string. I 
> > > > don't see a use for that in the web2py architecture, though.
>
> > > >> -Thadeus
>
> > > >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:30 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> 
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>> +1
>
> > > >>> On Apr 8, 11:25 am, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > > >>>> (Context: I've been working on URL parsing.)
>
> > > >>>> One of the difficulties that parsing web2py URLs presents is that 
> > > >>>> the boundary between /a/c/f and args isn't explicit, along with the 
> > > >>>> fact that pieces of /a/c/f can be implied (in particular when 
> > > >>>> routes.py is being used).
>
> > > >>>> RFC2396 (1998) introduced (or rather extended) the notion of 
> > > >>>> 'parameters', taking advantage of the fact that ';' is reserved. So 
> > > >>>> the RFC2396 approach is to write: /a/c/f;parameters?query_string, or 
> > > >>>> in web2py terms /a/c/f;args?vars.
>
> > > >>>> That is, the boundary between /a/c/f and args is marked with a 
> > > >>>> semi-colon instead of a slash. Args can of course be further divided 
> > > >>>> however one likes; vars is subdivided with '&'.
>
> > > >>>> What I'm working on is an alternative to (or rather extension to) 
> > > >>>> the routes.py logic that is capable of supporting arbitrary encoding 
> > > >>>> where appropriate (especially in args and vars) and that does not 
> > > >>>> rely on regexes to do the work. The present scheme would remain in 
> > > >>>> place.
>
> > > >>>> Which brings me to my question: I'd like to use the ';' convention 
> > > >>>> to separate /a/c/f from args in this new regime. Does anyone have 
> > > >>>> any strong feelings about it one way or the other?
>
> > > >>>> (One last thing: the architecture would be somewhat modular, so that 
> > > >>>> besides the current mechanism and the one I'm describing, it would 
> > > >>>> be fairly straightforward to introduce new ones.)
>
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