allow simple_tag to set context?

[Slowness Chen]

simple_tag and inclusion_tag make writing simple template tags much more
convenient.
As the document says, "Another common type of template tag is the type that
displays
some data by rendering another template", e.g.

<ul>
{% for choice in choices %}
<li> {{ choice }} </li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>

But if there are many places in which you need to use inclusion_tag , it
gets annoying that you have to
extract all these *short and simple* snippets into separate template files.
If simple_tag can also
set context, that will be more convenient. Something like:
@register.simple_tag(sets_context=True)

Just some thoughts. any comments are welcome.

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

Seems reasonable to me. If you make a ticket for this and assign it to
me (mtredinnick in Trac), I'll handle this.

Cheers,
Malcolm

[Slowness Chen]

Done. Ticket #2619

[Slowness Chen]

I've attached my patch with the ticket. After patching both of the
following work:

# return a string , as before
@register.simple_tag
def func(...):
...
return 'a string'

# return a dict, items of the dict will be set to context
@register.simple_tag
def func(...):
...
return {'key' : value, ... }