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-rw-r--r--django/core/template_loader.py9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/django/core/template_loader.py b/django/core/template_loader.py
index 1d973df687..7c26cf0faa 100644
--- a/django/core/template_loader.py
+++ b/django/core/template_loader.py
@@ -22,10 +22,15 @@ def get_template_from_string(source):
def render_to_string(template_name, dictionary=None, context_instance=None):
"""
Loads the given template_name and renders it with the given dictionary as
- context. Returns a string.
+ context. The template_name may be a string to load a single template using
+ get_template, or it may be a tuple to use select_template to find one of
+ the templates in the list. Returns a string.
"""
dictionary = dictionary or {}
- t = get_template(template_name)
+ if isinstance(template_name, (list, tuple)):
+ t = select_template(template_name)
+ else:
+ t = get_template(template_name)
if context_instance:
context_instance.update(dictionary)
else: