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10098	LazySettings.get function with default value	fero	nobody	"Add a 'get' method to LazySettings class in order to easily get a settings.py variable or its default value.

settings.get(var_name, default) instead of
try:
   myvar = settings.var
except AttributeError:
   myvar = default_value

my current patch is:

--- django/conf/__init__.py     2009-01-22 18:19:38.585001432 +0100
+++ django/conf/__init__.py.new 2009-01-22 18:23:00.221043810 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
                 self._import_settings()
             setattr(self._target, name, value)

+    def get(self, name, default=None):
+
+        try:
+            getattr(self, name)
+        except AttributeError:
+            return default
+
     def _import_settings(self):
         """"""
         Load the settings module pointed to by the environment variable. This

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