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diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-simple.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-simple.txt index 6796675529..377c85cc3b 100644 --- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-simple.txt +++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-simple.txt @@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ TemplateResponseMixin altered later (e.g. in :ref:`template response middleware <template-response-middleware>`). + .. admonition:: Context processors + + ``TemplateResponse`` uses :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` + which means that callables defined in + :setting:`TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS` may overwrite template + variables defined in your views. For example, if you subclass + :class:`DetailView <django.views.generic.detail.DetailView>` and + set ``context_object_name`` to ``user``, the + ``django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth`` context processor + will happily overwrite your variable with current user. + If you need custom template loading or custom context object instantiation, create a ``TemplateResponse`` subclass and assign it to ``response_class``. |