django.template.TemplateSyntaxError: Invalid block tag: 'extends'

[Jens Diemer]

I used a base.html template and extends it with a String-Template.
Example:
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from django.template import Template, Context #, loader

my_example_string_template = """
{% extends "example.html" %}
blabla...
"""
c = Context(context)
t = Template(my_example_string_template)
html = t.render(c)

return HttpResponse(html)
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So i need only to import this:
from django.template import Template, Context
and not django.template.loader.

If i don't import the loader i get the error:

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "test2.py", line 8, in ?
t = Template(my_example_string_template)
File "./django/template/__init__.py", line 158, in __init__
File "./django/template/__init__.py", line 174, in compile_string
File "./django/template/__init__.py", line 271, in parse
File "./django/template/__init__.py", line 315, in invalid_block_tag
django.template.TemplateSyntaxError: Invalid block tag: 'extends'
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This is normal. Because django.template.loader makes this:
add_to_builtins('django.template.loader_tags')

and the tags 'block', 'extends' and 'include' are defined in
django.template.loader_tags

conclusion: The loader must be import, even if i not use it directly!
Is that not somehow stupidly solved?

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Jens Diemer

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[Michael Cuddy]

> If i don't import the loader i get the error:

Amazing you should post this ... I was just about to do the same!
(I just ran across this error tonight, and was typing up a message
to the list)

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