On Wednesday, 9 January 2013 10:13:27 UTC, Stefano Probst wrote:
> Hi!
> I want to access variables in my code like in the
> doc<https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/settings/#using-settings-in-python-code>s.
>
> I have a code like the following in settings.py:
>
>> codec_baseString = "...XYZ:::"
>>
> In a other file (common.py):
>
>> from django.conf import settings
>> def num2short(num, baseString = settings.codec_baseString):
>> ....
>> ....
>
> I get the error "'Settings' object has no attribute 'codec_baseString' ".
> In the docs stand:
>
>> Note that django.conf.settings isn't a module -- it's an object. So
>> importing individual settings is not possible:
>>
> Refer this sentence to the example after the sentence or to my plan with
> my own variable?
> Thanks.
>
Your error is probably because the definition is evaluated at import time,
when the values from settings.py have not yet been added to the
django.conf.settings object. This would work better:
def num2short(num, base_string=None):
if base_string is None:
base_string = settings.codec_base_string
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