From 806ea3a1dede8d51df11c2bd9c2f23be95ea6e00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Malcolm Tredinnick Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 08:58:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Changed the "write your own settings" recommendation to mention that Django uses tuples, but not making it a recommendation. That might head off the endless tuples vs. lists debates. Fixed #8846. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@9146 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37 --- docs/topics/settings.txt | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.txt b/docs/topics/settings.txt index d9c8f0ab62..16f80d5312 100644 --- a/docs/topics/settings.txt +++ b/docs/topics/settings.txt @@ -160,10 +160,11 @@ There's nothing stopping you from creating your own settings, for your own Django apps. Just follow these conventions: * Setting names are in all uppercase. - * For settings that are sequences, use tuples instead of lists. This is - purely for performance. * Don't reinvent an already-existing setting. +For settings that are sequences, Django itself uses tuples, rather than lists, +but this is only a convention. + .. _settings-without-django-settings-module: Using settings without setting DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE