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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2012-09-01 09:24:39 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2012-09-01 09:24:39 -0400
commit74c025d0285450bf277afbee095172af54562ab6 (patch)
treec70096cc7b0d726759989895fb441b9095145b44 /docs/ref/templates/api.txt
parent5faadea439a405ecd80ec06c0d6a769e47ebeec2 (diff)
Fixed #13608 - Noted that template lookups use literal values.
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@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ dot in a variable name, it tries the following lookups, in this order:
* Attribute lookup. Example: ``foo.bar``
* List-index lookup. Example: ``foo[bar]``
+Note that "bar" in a template expression like ``{{ foo.bar }}`` will be
+interpreted as a literal string and not using the value of the variable "bar",
+if one exists in the template context.
+
The template system uses the first lookup type that works. It's short-circuit
logic. Here are a few examples::