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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/templates.txt | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/templates.txt b/docs/topics/templates.txt index 92114aebe5..e50e7c96f7 100644 --- a/docs/topics/templates.txt +++ b/docs/topics/templates.txt @@ -95,13 +95,15 @@ Use a dot (``.``) to access attributes of a variable. following lookups, in this order: * Dictionary lookup - * Attribute lookup - * Method call - * List-index lookup + * Attribute or method lookup + * Numeric index lookup - This can cause some unexpected behavior with objects that override - dictionary lookup. For example, consider the following code snippet that - attempts to loop over a ``collections.defaultdict``:: + If the resulting value is callable, it is called with no arguments. The + result of the call becomes the template value. + + This lookup order can cause some unexpected behavior with objects that + override dictionary lookup. For example, consider the following code snippet + that attempts to loop over a ``collections.defaultdict``:: {% for k, v in defaultdict.iteritems %} Do something with k and v here... |