Why doesn't Nginx rewrite directive support '@' named_location?

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 10:52:06PM +0800, yzprofile wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I have a simple question:
> 
> Why doesn't Nginx rewrite directive support '@' named_location? 

Simple answer is:

Because rewrite directive is to rewrite request URI as per it's name, 
while redirecting a request to a named location preserves request 
URI (and that's the sole purpose of named locations).

More complex one is:

Support of named locations in rewrites was discussed more than 
once, and yet we've failed to convince Igor that it will be a 
good change.

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Maxim Dounin
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