#25839: RequestContext does not apply context processors [regression]
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Reporter: direx | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Template system | Version: 1.8
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: RequestContext, | Triage Stage: Accepted
regression |
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by direx):
By saying that this is not part of the public API or not a supported usage
of `RequestContext` you are making this a little too easy for you.
After looking at the Django 1.7 documentation these are facts:
1. `RequestContext` is a special `Context` class. One of the differences
„''is that it automatically populates the context with a few variables,
according to your `TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS` setting.''“ (quote from
documentation)
2. Another quote from the documentation: „''Most of the time, you’ll
instantiate Context objects by passing in a fully-populated dictionary to
Context(). But you can add and delete items from a Context object once
it’s been instantiated, too, using standard dictionary syntax''“. Note the
'''standard dictionary syntax''' here.
So I don't see why the behavior described in this bug should not be
considered part of the public API. The ''usage as dictionary'' is actually
even documented and encouraged (also in 1.8, section ''Playing with
Context objects''). So I'd still consider this a public API breakage.
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