RE: [Pyblosxom-devel] Problem in startup()

[Theodore W. L. <tw...@sa...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pyb...@li...=20
> [mailto:pyb...@li...] On=20
> Behalf Of Wari Wahab
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 3:13 AM
> Cc: pyb...@li...
> Subject: [Pyblosxom-devel] Problem in startup()
>=20
>=20
> See the diff between=20
> http://roughingit.subtlehints.net/pyblosxom-dev/2002/08?flav=3Di
> ndex and=20
> http://roughingit.subtlehints.net/pyblosxom/2002/08?flav=3Dindex
>=20
> The pyblosxom-dev uses
> while re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9]\w*', path_info[0]):
> and pyblosxom:
> while re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z]\w*', path_info[0]):
>=20
> You should get only one entry, but pyblosxom-dev lists all=20
> the entries=20
> from the start till end.
>=20
> This happens because I calculated pi_mo, pi_yr, etc much later at the=20
> end of startup:
>         self.py['pi_yr'] =3D (len(path_info) > 0 and=20
> path_info.pop(0) or '')
>         self.py['pi_mo'] =3D (len(path_info) > 0 and=20
> path_info.pop(0) or '')
>         self.py['pi_da'] =3D (len(path_info) > 0 and=20
> path_info.pop(0) or '')
>=20
> If your the fix eats up the 2002 as an entry match, pi_yr=20
> will never get=20
> anything. You have to change the way the path_info is=20
> processed. I was=20
> going to look into that, and as I said I was kinda lazy while doing=20
> other infrastructure stuff.

I see the problem.  I didn't try it on the index flavor -- probably =
because
I did it so long ago that I forgot about it until I tried to check it =
in.
=20
> Anyway, here's a list of that I wanted to do in startup()
> 1. Look for (yr/mo/da) which must appear in either yr, yr/mo=20
> or yr/mo/da=20
> combination
> 2. Process the rest of the URL
> 3. Use index.flavour as the flavour to use and a page to=20
> render(no need=20
> for flav=3Dflavour, though not missing entirely)
> 4. If path or file does not exist, treat query as invalid

Do I undestand right? You want to eliminate flav=3Dflavour processing in =
favor
of index.flavour in #3?

So in 4. what should be the correct behaviour?

Ted