MyApp priority in template loader app_directories

[xin@…]

Now, the template loader app_directories use the priority of applications order. I think that is more important the priority of the current application, for search templates with same name.

Other possibility is create a new template loader for load my app templates and the django user locate it before app_directories loader.

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

It's only accidental (and not to be relied upon) that even application listing order is used for the app_loader. If you have two templates with the same name (including parent directories below template/) and you're using the app_loader, anything can happen (so don't do that). It's not always going to be correct to give priority to the "current" application, since (a) there may not be a current application because views can come from anywhere and (b) it impedes sharing between applications.

So I think this isn't something we're going to change. We also don't really need yet another template loader in the standard list just for this case, I feel (although obviously you can write a third-party one if you need it).