direct_to_template example url pattern is incorrect

[Austin Gabel]

The direct_to_template example url pattern seems incorrect. This is what is displayed in the current documentation:

urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
    (r'^foo/$',             'direct_to_template', {'template': 'foo_index.html'}),
    (r'^foo/(?P<id>\d+)/$', 'direct_to_template', {'template': 'foo_detail.html'}),
)

I believe direct_to_template should not be in quotes. It should look like this:

urlpatterns = patterns('django.views.generic.simple',
    (r'^foo/$',             direct_to_template, {'template': 'foo_index.html'}),
    (r'^foo/(?P<id>\d+)/$', direct_to_template, {'template': 'foo_detail.html'}),
)

[anonymous]

1. If this was done, it would make absolutely no sense to put the "django.views.generic.simple" as the first argument to the patterns() call.

2. it is consistent with every other example on that page

3. what's up there works.

[James Bennett]

In order to directly reference the view as itself (in other words, in order to mention it directly instead of putting its name in a string), you must actually import it into the URLConf. So, no, your proposal wouldn't work at all without further changes.