[master] 9379ac9 Correct the notes on bereq. and beresp.backend in Upgrading to 5.1.
Geoff Simmons
geoff at uplex.de
Fri Mar 10 18:26:05 CET 2017
commit 9379ac943bceabbfc125756c5207a8fe74d55827
Author: Geoff Simmons <geoff at uplex.de>
Date: Fri Mar 10 18:24:33 2017 +0100
Correct the notes on bereq. and beresp.backend in Upgrading to 5.1.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.1.rst b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.1.rst
index f4ea684..e518b42 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.1.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/whats-new/upgrading-5.1.rst
@@ -73,11 +73,13 @@ Changes to VCL
Type conversions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-* When ``bereq.backend`` and ``beresp.backend`` are set to a director,
- then they return an actual backend on subsequent reads if the
- director resolves to a backend immediately, or the director otherwise.
- When used in string context, they return the name of the director
- or of the resolved backend.
+* When ``bereq.backend`` is set to a director, then it returns an
+ actual backend on subsequent reads if the director resolves to a
+ backend immediately, or the director otherwise. If ``bereq.backend``
+ was set to a director, then ``beresp.backend`` returns the backend
+ to which it was set for the fetch. When either of these is used in
+ string context, it returns the name of the director or of the
+ resolved backend.
* DURATION types may be used in boolean contexts, and are evaluated as
false when the duration is less than or equal to zero, true
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