Confusing? you map resources to URL's it's confusing if you are inept. Inotify / fsevent and such aren't built into rails just as they aren't in _EVERY OTHER FRAMEWORK_ because it's complete voodoo to make side effects of editing a file default.
> you map resources to URL's it's confusing if you are inept.
Inept? Kids these days. Forking my code then calling me inept. It's precious is what it is.
But you're moving the goal-posts. You said read the source. Since you're clearly unfamiliar with it, here's a couple handy links to the Routing code I mentioned.