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## routes.rb
  match "blog" => "blog#index"
  match "blog/:year/:month" => "blog#by_date", :constraints => {:year => /\d{4}/, :month => /\d{2}/}, :as => 'blog'
  match "blog/:tag" => "blog#by_tag", :as => 'blog'

##a view:
= link_to "Foo", blog_path(:tag => "bar")


##it tries to route it to the second route, realizes the bound params don't match what the route specifies, and shits 
##bricks. I would prefer if it either: a) realized the error of its ways and routed it properly; or b) said 'fuck it' and 
##linked to /blog?tag=bar. It doesn't.


##Problem solved with :as => "by_tag". Then in the view I do as_tag_path(:tag => 'bar') instead. The URLs stay the same. 
##This is a minor annoyance, but understandable