From e65c0ccac0741b793ba7be96f9dcc148bf26ca7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henk Vos Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 18:06:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #22071 -- Added a warning regarding override_settings and aliasing. Thanks EvilDMP for the suggestion. --- docs/topics/testing/tools.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt index a93ef39835..14ba1b2cd2 100644 --- a/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt +++ b/docs/topics/testing/tools.txt @@ -1181,6 +1181,10 @@ The decorator can also be applied to test case classes:: the session backend in a test that uses cached sessions and overrides :setting:`CACHES`. + Finally, avoid aliasing your settings as module-level constants as + ``override_settings()`` won't work on such values since they are + only evaluated the first time the module is imported. + You can also simulate the absence of a setting by deleting it after settings have been overridden, like this::