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authorjohannes-gehrs <jgehrs@gmail.com>2013-12-11 00:24:31 +0100
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2013-12-13 18:59:27 -0500
commiteb4079597dba8bca94b97afab71dd955ccf4c3fe (patch)
treebc1dd43523940dcd1c078bc62c6d86201bda337b /docs
parent704f58108154ea3523369cacb74b2345f4c8a381 (diff)
[1.6.x] Fixed #21580 -- Clarified why render() does not return a TemplateResponse object.
Backport of f685f94c98 from master
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diff --git a/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt b/docs/topics/http/shortcuts.txt
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@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ introduce controlled coupling for convenience's sake.
:func:`render_to_response()` with a `context_instance` argument that
forces the use of a :class:`~django.template.RequestContext`.
+ Django does not provide a shortcut function which returns a
+ :class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse` because the constructor
+ of :class:`~django.template.response.TemplateResponse` offers the same level
+ of convenience as :func:`render()`.
+
Required arguments
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