URL Reversing in Quickstart #779

Updated quickstart to make clear that URL reversing refers to the use of
url_for() to build the URL. Issue #779
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@ -236,8 +236,9 @@ below. It tells Flask to behave as though it is handling a request, even
though we are interacting with it through a Python shell. Have a look at the
explanation below. :ref:`context-locals`).
Why would you want to build URLs instead of hard-coding them into your
templates? There are three good reasons for this:
Why would you want to build URLs using the URL reversing function :func:`~flask.url_for`
instead of hard-coding them into your templates? There are three good reasons
for this:
1. Reversing is often more descriptive than hard-coding the URLs. More
importantly, it allows you to change URLs in one go, without having to