In the Arc server, I moved creating the request object out of 'respond (http://awwx.ws/srv-misc), so that 'respond is now being passed the request object and does the usual Arc srv action to respond to a request: look to see if there is a defop etc. defined for the request path.
Now I can extend respond to implement my own ways of responding to requests: I can easily have my own way of choosing which action to take (I can have http://myserver.com/1234 display the "1234" item page, for example), or implement my own kinds of defop's.
