How to extend Django template objects?

[Bryan Chow]

Is there a "correct" way to extend a Django template that doesn't exist
on the filesystem? I couldn't find any mention of this in the
documentation.

I'm creating template objects programmatically, and I want one of these
objects to extend another, just as a template on the filesystem can {%
extends %}
another file.

I'm using magic-removal from svn. Any help would be appreciated.

Bryan

[Adrian Holovaty]

On 4/14/06, Bryan Chow <fullf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a "correct" way to extend a Django template that doesn't exist
> on the filesystem? I couldn't find any mention of this in the
> documentation.
>
> I'm creating template objects programmatically, and I want one of these
> objects to extend another, just as a template on the filesystem can {%
> extends %}
> another file.

Hi Bryan,

The current best way to do that would be to change
django.template.loader.template_source_loaders to be a custom loader
(see the "Templates for Python programmers" docs). An example of this
is in run_tests() method in tests/othertests/templates.py. It's
hackish, but it works. If there's interest, we can expose things so
that you pass in the loader list as an optional argument to
get_template().

Adrian

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Adrian Holovaty
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[Bryan Chow]

Hi Adrian,

Thanks for the reply, and for the suggestion. I've been working with
Ian Clelland, who submitted this patch a few days ago to address the
issue:

http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/1650

There is definitely lots of interest over here for this functionality
to become part of Django, as it seems natural for {% extends %} to be
possible for non-filesystem templates.

Best Regards,
Bryan