Fixed #24493 -- Added BaseContext.setdefault()

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 05a6539988..b8e74b75ec 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -420,6 +420,13 @@ dictionary syntax::
     Returns the value for ``key`` if ``key`` is in the context, else returns
     ``otherwise``.
 
+.. method:: Context.setdefault(key, default=None)
+
+    .. versionadded:: 1.9
+
+    If ``key`` is in the context, returns its value. Otherwise inserts ``key``
+    with a value of ``default`` and returns ``default``.
+
 .. method:: Context.pop()
 .. method:: Context.push()
 .. exception:: ContextPopException
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.9.txt b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
index 08d79cb59a..4375ba2a0d 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.9.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.9.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ Templates
   helper can now store results in a template variable by using the ``as``
   argument.
 
+* Added a :meth:`Context.setdefault() <django.template.Context.setdefault>`
+  method.
+
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