"root" directive weirdness

[Cliff Wells]

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 =)

Regards,
Cliff