Add RequestContext in middlewares or in templates

[xin@…]

Hello,

More times, when anyone use a extern django application, if this do not add a request context in the render_to_response, the parent templates can not print his data that a middlweare put in HttpRequest.

For this, I think is a good idea set the adding of request context in the context of templates, from the settings, o directly from the templates.
Templatetags and filters do not permit access to request data for use his values.

Thanks

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

We've already decided a number of times in the past that RequestContext will not be the default because you don't always want or need the overhead of the context processors.

You are quite free to define your own render_to_response() method that behaves as you like, though. It's very simple method, after all.

[Chris Beaven]

You don't even need to define your own, we have django.views.generic.direct_to_template if you want a shortcut which accepts request and uses a RequestContext.

[eikke@…]

FYI: I'm using a custom function which mimics render_to_response's behaviour, and is backward API-compatible, ie, if you don't use the "new" feature (old method signature), there's no overhead. You can find more info here: ​http://eikke.com/2007/12/26/two-django-snippets/