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Fixed #2274 -- Fixed error in settings documentation. Thanks, Le Roux Bodenstein 

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3252 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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Adrian Holovaty 2006-07-01 03:31:14 +00:00
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@ -107,15 +107,20 @@ For more, see the `diffsettings documentation`_.
Using settings in Python code
=============================
In your Django apps, use settings by importing them from
In your Django apps, use settings by importing the object
``django.conf.settings``. Example::
from django.conf.settings import DEBUG
from django.conf import settings
if DEBUG:
if settings.DEBUG:
# Do something
Note that your code should *not* import from either ``global_settings`` or
Note that ``django.conf.settings`` isn't a module -- it's an object. So
importing individual settings is not possible::
from django.conf.settings import DEBUG # This won't work.
Also note that your code should *not* import from either ``global_settings`` or
your own settings file. ``django.conf.settings`` abstracts the concepts of
default settings and site-specific settings; it presents a single interface.
It also decouples the code that uses settings from the location of your
@ -127,9 +132,9 @@ Altering settings at runtime
You shouldn't alter settings in your applications at runtime. For example,
don't do this in a view::
from django.conf.settings import DEBUG
from django.conf import settings
DEBUG = True # Don't do this!
settings.DEBUG = True # Don't do this!
The only place you should assign to settings is in a settings file.