add *.* and **.* dispatch patterns

[catagits/Web-Simple.git] / lib / Web / Simple.pm

diff --git a/lib/Web/Simple.pm b/lib/Web/Simple.pm
index 91eac78..31fa56a 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Web/Simple.pm
+++ b/lib/Web/Simple.pm
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ on *fatal* warnings so if you have any warnings at any point from the file
 that you did 'use Web::Simple' in, then your application will die. This is,
 so far, considered a feature.
 
-When we inherit from L<Web::Simple::Application> we also use <Moo>, which is
+When we inherit from L<Web::Simple::Application> we also use L<Moo>, which is
 the the equivalent of:
 
   {
@@ -343,6 +343,15 @@ specification will match like this:
   /foo/        # match and strip path to '/'
   /foo/bar/baz # match and strip path to '/bar/baz'
 
+Note: Since Web::Simple handles a concept of file extensions, * and **
+matchers will not by default match things after a final dot, and this
+can be modified by using *.* and **.* in the final position, i.e.:
+
+  /one/*       matches /one/two.three    and captures "two"
+  /one/*.*     matches /one/two.three    and captures "two.three"
+  /**          matches /one/two.three    and captures "one/two"
+  /**.*        matches /one/two.three    and captures "one/two.three"
+
 =head3 Extension matches
 
   sub (.html) {
@@ -626,7 +635,8 @@ that having a bare minimum system for writing web applications that doesn't
 drive me insane was rather nice and decided to spend my attempt at nanowrimo
 for 2009 improving and documenting it to the point where others could use it.
 
-The Antiquated Perl talk can be found at L<http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/archive/conference-video/>.
+The Antiquated Perl talk can be found at L<http://www.shadowcat.co.uk/archive/conference-video/> and the slides are reproduced in this distribution under
+L<Web::Simple::AntiquatedPerl>.
 
 =head1 COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT