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diff --git a/docs/templates_python.txt b/docs/templates_python.txt index a6b565ed5c..5dd8e4fde0 100644 --- a/docs/templates_python.txt +++ b/docs/templates_python.txt @@ -654,6 +654,18 @@ decorator instead:: If you leave off the ``name`` argument, as in the second example above, Django will use the function's name as the filter name. +Template filters which expect strings +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +If you are writing a template filter which only expects a string as the first +argument, you should use the included decorator ``stringfilter`` which will convert +an object to it's string value before being passed to your function:: + + from django import template + + @template.stringfilter + def lower(value): + return value.lower() + Writing custom template tags ---------------------------- |