Cliff Wells wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 05:15 +0200, Marcus Clyne wrote:
>
>> Cliff Wells wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 2010-01-22 at 02:45 +0200, Marcus Clyne wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> but using
>>>>
>>>> location ^~ /users/ {
>>>> root /web;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> is more efficient than using
>>>>
>>>> location /users {
>>>> root /web;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>> That's not true. The regex is less efficient.
>>>
>>>
>> It's not a regex (regexes are indicated by ~*). It's a test for the URL
>> beginning with the represented string. If found, it does not test any
>> regexes. Using just
>>
>> location /users
>>
>> will test regexes before returning the /users location if no regexes match.
>>
>
> I stand corrected. I should have read the documentation you so
> thoughtfully linked to =)
>
:-)

I'm actually not a huge fan of the ^~ syntax. I think it's confusing,
because it does more closely resemble the regex syntax than a static
one. I suspect that a lot of people don't use it because of this,
thinking that it will be less efficient when in fact it is more so.

I think ^= would be less confusing, or even just plain ^, but I doubt
that it'll get changed.

Cheers,

Marcus.

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