[wp-hackers] Trailing Slash on Template Tags

[John Blackbourn]

I'm sorry, what problem would be solved by adding the trailing slash?

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Alexander Beutl <xel at netgra.de> wrote:
> Viper: Template Tags are used (most of the time) to give you somewhat like
> the templates directory. You will then go and append the / and the file you
> want to access.
> So the old templates (with hardcoded /) would create:
> http://sub.example.org/path/wp-content/templates/mine//custom_style.css
> new ones (without hardcoded /) would create
> http://sub.example.org/path/wp-content/templates/mine/custom_style.css
> which both work the same.
> Users will not expect anything - they will not have anything to do with that
> and the template directory will not be a place you want anyone browsing to.
>
> Template Creators would expect the / to be there cause it will be needed
> allways. So I really don't understand your point. Additional /es do not harm
> anyone - left out /es will make templates break...
>
> I don't really care if there is a automatic / or not - but I don't see any
> way where this would harm anything....
>
>
> 2008/5/29 Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>:
>
>> Yeah, it's very minor and users are expecting no trailing slash (which
>> applies to more things than just URLs -- regex, str_replace(), etc.). As
>> the
>> saying goes, If it's not (truly) broken, don't fix it.
>>
>> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 12:27 AM, Aaron Brazell <emmensetech at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > It is a hit on Apache though. Minor, but Apache needs the slash to
>> > determine
>> > file or directory. It's an access time issue.
>> > Say you type in http://wordpress.org/extend
>> >
>> > Apache responds by looking for a file called extend. Access point A. It
>> > doesn't find it, so it fails back on directory lookup. Access point B.
>> The
>> > slash just saves Apache some access time and a little work. Neglible on a
>> > small level. Big on scale.
>> >
>> > Personally, though, I think the slash at this point is moot for what it
>> > gains us.
>> >
>> > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Alexander Beutl <xel at netgra.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > > >
>> > > > but it's much too late to add it.
>> > >
>> > > try using // instead of / - tell you what - it works the same.
>> > > There is no difference in going to
>> > > http://wordpress.org//download/
>> > > or
>> > > http://wordpress.org/download/
>> > >
>> > > both work perfectly.
>> > >
>> > > So I would say with that it is not to late to change it since this
>> would
>> > > make both possible (hardcoding the / or not).
>> > >
>> > > Ciao
>> > > Alex
>> > >
>> > > 2008/5/29 Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com>:
>> > >
>> > > > I'd agree if the function was new, but it's much too late to add it.
>> > > >
>> > > > On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Chris Poteet <cpoteet at siolon.com>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Why don't template tags such as bloginfo('template_url') include
>> the
>> > > > > trailing slash?  I mean, it has to be there anyway so why not add
>> it?
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