#17472: RequestContext function with dict={} kwarg paramater fails
---------------------------------+---------------------------------------
Reporter: anonymous | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: closed
Component: Template system | Version: 1.4-alpha-1
Severity: Normal | Resolution: wontfix
Keywords: RequestContext | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
---------------------------------+---------------------------------------
Changes (by lukeplant):
* status: new => closed
* resolution: => wontfix
* type: Cleanup/optimization => Bug
* severity: Release blocker => Normal
Comment:
I'm going to WONTFIX this, because:
1) Passing the dictionary as a keyword argument has never been documented
- it has always been an optional second positional argument, AFAICS.
Therefore we don't **have** to support it.
2) Although it would **nice** to maintain this backwards compatibility if
possible, there are positive reasons for the change:
2.1) Consistency with `Context` which names the the argument `'dict_'`,
and has done since at least 1.3.X.
2.2) `'dict'` is a poor choice of variable name, since it causes the
builtin `'dict'` to be shadowed.
--
Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/17472#comment:2>
Django <https://code.djangoproject.com/>
The Web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"Django updates" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/django-updates?hl=en.
