On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 09:31 +0800, Earl Lapus wrote: > On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Karen Tracey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> So, what is the difference between a callback function that is > >> enclosed on single quotes from that which is not? > > > > Nothing really: > > > > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/urls/#passing-callable-objects-instead-of-strings > > > > Karen > > > > hi, just a small follow-up. > > if there's no difference then why do I get an error when i put single > quotes around the admin callback as in, > (r'^admin/(.*)', 'admin.site.root') > > perhaps admin.site.root is an exception to the rule?
Yes, because admin.site.root isn't a function. It's a method on a class (which implies a difference in the way things are called). There's a bit of history going on here: in the early days, all the view functions had to be strings. We realised it was a bit limiting, because, amongst other things, it can get quite verbose and it prevented usings things like class methods or objects with a __call__ function. Thus, the ability to use proper Python objects there was added a few years ago. Regards, Malcolm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
