[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12935: Evolve the URL routing system

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#12935: Evolve the URL routing system
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 Reporter:  mikeschinkel  |       Owner:  ryan
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Permalinks    |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:  wontfix
 Keywords:                |
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Changes (by mikeschinkel):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:63 scribu]:
 > I didn't quote you to begin with.

 If not, my apologies.


 > I advocate maintaining this system for normal use. Complex CMSs can do
 tree structure matching, as needed.

 Okay...

 > The system you propose is not actually that simple at all.

 Actually, this ticket needs to be closed, which I will do. It was an
 exploration and it's original emphasis has evolved greatly so viewed from
 the beginning it will likely confuse people more than not.

 > You just replace the regex engine with PHP code, removing one common
 skillset with a very specific one (knowing the tree structure API and
 algorithm).

 I disagree that knowledge of regex is a common skillset among the vast
 majority of WordPress professionals (who are mostly designers.) Yes you
 know regex well, but you are in a very tiny minority.

 Worse, the way regexes are used with WordPress for URL rewriting requires
 consideration of the entire URL space for a site when matching instead of
 just considering a path segment. Yes, what I propose would adds more
 complexity into the guts of WordPress, it would remove complexity for the
 average person designing sites.

 Maybe the problem is that you simply can't visualize what I have in mind
 and if so then that's my fault for not communicating it well enough yet.
 But '''[http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/9419/remove-taxonomy-
 slug-from-a-custom-hierarchical-taxonomy-permalink/10162#10162 with this
 as a base to start from]''' I'll be creating a plugin that will implement
 what I am visualizing so that you'll be able to evaluate it better that
 you currently can.

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