On May 26, 2008, at 11:20, cmlenz@apache.org wrote:

> Author: cmlenz
> Date: Mon May 26 02:20:47 2008
> New Revision: 660139
>
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=660139&view=rev
> Log:
> Change error handling on unknown private paths to be more consistent  
> with how other errors are handled.

This was a deliberate derivation from the error
handling to be more user-friendly. That is, directly
show the user that they meant "/_utils" when they
tried "/_util".

with the advent of customizable private paths, I though
this a valuable addition.

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> Modified:
>    incubator/couchdb/trunk/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
>
> Modified: incubator/couchdb/trunk/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl
> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/couchdb/trunk/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl?rev=660139&r1=660138&r2=660139&view=diff
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> --- incubator/couchdb/trunk/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl (original)
> +++ incubator/couchdb/trunk/src/couchdb/couch_httpd.erl Mon May 26  
> 02:20:47 2008
> @@ -99,8 +99,8 @@
>             {ok, Req:respond({301, [{"Location", "/_utils/"}],  
> <<>>})};
>         "/_utils/" ++ PathInfo ->
>             {ok, Req:serve_file(PathInfo, DocumentRoot)};
> -        "/_" ++ UnknownPrivatePath ->
> -            handle_unkown_private_uri_request(Req, Method,  
> UnknownPrivatePath);
> +        "/_" ++ _Path ->
> +            throw({not_found, unknown_private_path});
>         _Else ->
>             handle_db_request(Req, Method, {Path})
>     end.
> @@ -134,18 +134,6 @@
> handle_replicate_request(_Req, _Method) ->
>     throw({method_not_allowed, "POST"}).
>
> -handle_unkown_private_uri_request(Req, _Method, UnknownPrivatePath)  
> ->
> -  KnownPrivatePaths = ["_utils"],
> -  Msg = {obj,
> -    [
> -      {error, "Could not find the private path '_" ++
> -        mochiweb_util:unquote(UnknownPrivatePath) ++
> -        "'. Known private path(s): '" ++
> -        lists:flatten(KnownPrivatePaths) ++ "'"}
> -    ]
> -  },
> -  send_error(Req, 404, Msg).
> -
> % Database request handlers
>
> handle_db_request(Req, Method, {Path}) ->
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