Akins, Brian wrote:
On 3/26/08 9:06 AM, "Nick Kew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There seems to be a demand for dynamic per-request configuration,
as evidenced by the number of users hacking it with mod_rewrite,
and the other very limited tools available. Modern mod_rewrite
usage commonly looks like programming, but it's not designed as
a programming language. Result: confused and frustrated users.
This is what I had in mind when I suggested having <Lua> blocks of code. No
need to invent a new language when a perfectly fine one exists...
+1, and embed Lua in the core, and a dozen problems just like this are
solved.
Every complicated 'directive' is trying to be a programing language in
the config file, but they aren't.
Just look at SSLRequire, Rewrite*, MPM Process/Thread Management, Filter
chaining, large Auth{N,Z} chains, and more.
Imagine them not sucking.
No offense intended to the respective authors of each -- they are all
complicated things, and I've helped prolong their lives.
I'll be at the hackathon :-)
-Paul
