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Hi, I''m looking through the Merb::Routing code and I''ve found a regexp that I can''t figure out how it works. Merb::Router::SECTION_REGEXP #=> /(?::([a-z*_]+))/ It takes a route definition string, like "/products/:model/:id" and extracts the "model" string on the first pass, and later the "id" string. Can anyone shed some light on what the ?:: part does? I haven''t found it in any of the...

...ion"=>"1", "created_at"=>"2007-07-18 21:38:08"}> My expectation was that I would pass the object I want to evaluate to the url method. This works when I use edit_article_attachment. (note I added some debug puts statements in there before and after the SECTION_REGEXP sub) irb(main):005:0> url(:edit_article_attachment,attachment) --path before: /articles/:article_id/article_attachments/:id/edit --path after: /articles/1/article_attachments/1/edit => "/articles/1/article_attachments/1/edit" However, when having a new form on the page, I ty...