Settings namespaced by app_label

[Michael]

Models and URLSs (kind of) are namespaced by the app_label.

I am making a Django CSS app to open source, and it requires settings. For now I am just going to copy DRF and use a dict to avoid collisions.

What if in settings.py we could do something like this (where one has an app with an app_label of 'foo'):

FOO_SETTINGS = {

   'POGO_STICKS': 5,

   'MORE_SETTINGS': [1,2,3],

}

or (what I think is better) use class based approach:

# Here DjangoAppSettings is just a subclass of maybe a dataclass, to use in isintance tests to find the settings (like how TestCase's are found).

FooSettings(DjangoAppSettings):

   POGO_STICKS = 5

   MORE_SETTINGS = [1,2,3]

Then in the app that consumes the settings, maybe do something like this (or something different):

from django.conf import settings

apps.get_app_config('foo').settings

And it would return FooSettings

I have not given it much thought, but its just concept I am proposing, not the exact implementation.