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| author | Neal Todd <neal.todd@torchbox.com> | 2015-11-11 15:21:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2015-11-11 11:50:48 -0500 |
| commit | 15cf906643c83580377062951c917930c4d82ec0 (patch) | |
| tree | c98ee70558240e94ea2c7a4af43eaa38f75c3b69 /docs | |
| parent | dc3a6118df09d80652c9535fcdacdea158c6db8d (diff) | |
[1.9.x] Fixed #25732 -- Updated template system design philosophy.
Removed the bit about not allowing assignment to variables
because simple_tag now allows this.
Backport of 74365585e28174834184e659b788c917303cd98a from master
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt b/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt index 39807ed3d0..5a756be450 100644 --- a/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt +++ b/docs/misc/design-philosophies.txt @@ -249,14 +249,10 @@ displayed. Don't invent a programming language ----------------------------------- -The template system intentionally doesn't allow the following: - -* Assignment to variables -* Advanced logic - The goal is not to invent a programming language. The goal is to offer just enough programming-esque functionality, such as branching and looping, that is -essential for making presentation-related decisions. +essential for making presentation-related decisions. The :ref:`Django Template +Language (DTL) <template-language-intro>` aims to avoid advanced logic. The Django template system recognizes that templates are most often written by *designers*, not *programmers*, and therefore should not assume Python |