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authorMalcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com>2008-10-05 08:58:17 +0000
committerMalcolm Tredinnick <malcolm.tredinnick@gmail.com>2008-10-05 08:58:17 +0000
commit806ea3a1dede8d51df11c2bd9c2f23be95ea6e00 (patch)
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Changed the "write your own settings" recommendation to mention that Django
uses tuples, but not making it a recommendation. That might head off the endless tuples vs. lists debates. Fixed #8846. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@9146 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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@@ -160,10 +160,11 @@ There's nothing stopping you from creating your own settings, for your own
Django apps. Just follow these conventions:
* Setting names are in all uppercase.
- * For settings that are sequences, use tuples instead of lists. This is
- purely for performance.
* Don't reinvent an already-existing setting.
+For settings that are sequences, Django itself uses tuples, rather than lists,
+but this is only a convention.
+
.. _settings-without-django-settings-module:
Using settings without setting DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE