Ticket #16628: application-settings-holder.diff

django/conf/__init__.py

@@ -169 +169 @@
     # For Python < 2.6:
     __members__ = property(lambda self: self.__dir__())
 
+
+class ApplicationSettingsHolder(BaseSettings):
+    """
+    Holder for application-specific settings.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, application_settings):
+        """
+        Requests for configuration variables first check the project_settings module
+        and falls back to application_settings if not found.
+        """
+        try:
+            mod = importlib.import_module(application_settings)
+        except ImportError, e:
+            raise ImportError("Could not import application settings '%s': %s" % (application_settings, e))
+        for setting in dir(mod):
+            if setting == setting.upper() and not hasattr(settings, setting.upper()):
+                setattr(self, setting, getattr(mod, setting))
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        return getattr(settings, name)
+
+
 settings = LazySettings()