I see, so I completely misunderstood RequestContext. There is only two differences, RequestContext takes a HttpRequest object as it's first argument and automatically includes TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSOR dictionaries into the context.
Question then is why using RequestContext forced me to include 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth' in TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSOR for the admin section to work, while just using Context did not? That suggest Context somehow get's django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth.... Thanks! On Mar 14, 6:16 am, Tom Evans <tevans...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:16 AM, gamingdroid <gamingdr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. So beyond the fact that RequestContext can accept a dictionary with > > values to be included in the Context, what is the difference between > > RequestContext and Context? > > > I tried reviewing the source code, but it still isn't really clear > > (i.e. meaning I didn't quite understand the source code). > > > 2. Why is it that Context automatically loads some context processors > > while RequestContext does NOT? > > > At least it almost seem like it, because when I tried to use > > RequestContext, I had to include > > ''django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth'' in the > > TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSOR variable in settings.py for the admin site > > to work, but did not when just using the standard Context. > > Context doesn't 'load' (execute) any context processors. All context > processors are callables that take a request as their only argument, > this alone should convince you that a standard Context doesn't call > any context processors. > > As for the differences between Context and RequestContext, the docs > are quite clear: > > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/templates/api/#subclassing-c... > > Cheers > > Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
