[Web-SIG] Proposal: wsgi.url_vars

[Paul Moore]

On 10/21/06, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
> Using these two variables more complex dispatchers cannot represent the
> information they pull out of the request path.  This specification
> simply defines a place where such dispatchers can put their information:
> ``wsgi.url_vars``.

But what is the point? If the receiving application uses the url_vars
information, it's tied to the particular dispatcher - so why does this
need to be a standard key, rather than just a private convention? If
the receiving application wants to remain compatible with generic
dispatchers, how can it make use of url_vars?

Or, to put it another way, can you provide a realistic example of a
*consumer* of the information?

Paul.