Can't you declare the resource in the singular form?

http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionController/Resources.html#M000308



On Jun 20, 3:12 pm, Rory McKinley <rorymckinleyli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/06/2010 20:59, Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
> <snip>> Wrong.  If that were so, map.resource wouldn't exist.
>
> <snip>
>
> I think I explained myself badly - I am not arguing that you cannot do
> it - but I was stating that for a consumer of the user/edit resource -
> the consumer needs to know internal detail (that the user will be set to
> the current user) to be able to answer the question "Which user am I
> editing?".
>
> With the more explicit version - users/:id/edit - it is more obvious
> which resource is being edited.
>
> So, whichever one is better depends on the OP's use case and how much he
> wants the consumer to know about the implementation. I tend to err on
> the side of more explicitness with methods that are publicly exposed but
> I am always open to hearing counter opinions on the matter :)

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