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diff --git a/docs/tutorials/wiki2/definingviews.rst b/docs/tutorials/wiki2/definingviews.rst index f2ac2f85f..72cba8d1e 100644 --- a/docs/tutorials/wiki2/definingviews.rst +++ b/docs/tutorials/wiki2/definingviews.rst @@ -6,14 +6,13 @@ A :term:`view callable` in a :app:`Pyramid` application is typically a simple Python function that accepts a single parameter named :term:`request`. A view callable is assumed to return a :term:`response` object. -The request object passed to every view that is called as the result of a -route match has an attribute named ``matchdict`` that contains the elements -placed into the URL by the ``pattern`` of a ``route`` statement. For -instance, if a call to :meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route` in -``__init__.py`` had the pattern ``{one}/{two}``, and the URL at -``http://example.com/foo/bar`` was invoked, matching this pattern, the -``matchdict`` dictionary attached to the request passed to the view would -have a ``'one'`` key with the value ``'foo'`` and a ``'two'`` key with the +The request object has an attribute named ``matchdict``. A ``matchdict`` maps +the placeholders in the matching URL ``pattern`` to the substrings of the +:term:`request` ed URL. For instance, if a call to +:meth:`pyramid.config.Configurator.add_route` in ``__init__.py`` had the pattern +``{one}/{two}``, and the URL at ``http://example.com/foo/bar`` was invoked, matching +this pattern, the ``matchdict`` dictionary attached to the request passed to the view +would have a ``'one'`` key with the value ``'foo'`` and a ``'two'`` key with the value ``'bar'``. |