[OSM-dev] PUT /api/0.6/{node|way|relation}/{id|create}

[SteveC]

On 9 Jun 2008, at 20:26, Stefan de Konink wrote:
> The payload should be validated anyhow. And going to the 'first' child
> is an operation that should happen too.
>
> So if this is only because 'rails needs it' I hope the C++ guys or my
> code can replace this ugly duplication soon.

really, there are more important things to 'fix'.

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REST

it makes the routing work
it makes each controller separable
it looks nice
it has some logic behind it

all you're advocating is like going back to something awful like  
XMLRPC with a single endpoint.

Best

Steve