[Catalyst] Handling a path of '/'

[A. Pagaltzis]

* Chisel Wright <chisel at herlpacker.co.uk> [2005-12-02 00:50]:
> I tend to take the lazy way out. My global default() redirects
> to 'the default application action' [e.g. /client/list] and
> each controller default usually redirects to the appropriate
> list view.
> 
> That way, any rubbish URLs that people use will result in
> seeing something useful, instead of a 404.

That breaks HTTP. A search engine won’t know which URLs are good
and which are rubbish, f.ex. If you want people to see something
useful, send them a 302 to a good URL when they provide rubbish,
or make your 404 page smart enough to provide a link “you
probably meant such-n-such.”

Regards,
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