Complex route definition

[stanleyxu2005]

I was searching for a better ngroute replacement these days. Although ui-router is more famous, but when I saw this one, I think this is the best choice! It took me only 5 minutes to solve all my problems. Awesome!

However the route definition looks a bit complex. Regarding the example at homepage:

$routeSegmentProvider.
    when('/section1',          's1').
    when('/section1/prefs',    's1.prefs').
    when('/section1/:id',      's1.itemInfo').
    when('/section1/:id/edit', 's1.itemInfo.edit').
    when('/section2',          's2').
    segment('s1', {
        templateUrl: 'templates/section1.html',
        controller: MainCtrl}).
    within().
        segment('home', {
            default: true,
            templateUrl: 'templates/section1/home.html'}).
        segment('itemInfo', {
            templateUrl: 'templates/section1/item.html',
            controller: Section1ItemCtrl,
            dependencies: ['id']}).
        within().
            segment('overview', {
                default: true
                templateUrl: 'templates/section1/item/overview.html'}).
            segment('edit', {
                 templateUrl: 'templates/section1/item/edit.html'}).
            up().
        segment('prefs', {
            templateUrl: 'templates/section1/prefs.html'}).
        up().
    segment('s2', {
        templateUrl: 'templates/section2.html',
        controller: MainCtrl});

I'd like to know, why we cannot put segment definition into when definition, which is more straightforward.

$routeSegmentProvider.
    when('/section1', 's1', {
       templateUrl: 'templates/section1.html',
       controller: MainCtrl}).
    when('/section1/:id', 's1.itemInfo', {
       templateUrl: 'templates/section1/item.html',
       controller: Section1ItemCtrl,
       dependencies: ['id']}).
    when('/section1/:id/edit', 's1.itemInfo.edit', {
       templateUrl: 'templates/section1/item/edit.html',
       dependencies: ['id']}).
    when('/section2', 's2', {
        templateUrl: 'templates/section2.html',
        controller: MainCtrl})
;

I'd like to know, if it can be improved in this way.

[stanleyxu2005]

I started with angular-route-segment and now I've switched to ui-router, so I close this issue, as nobody responses.