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Fixed #2274 -- Fixed error in settings documentation. Thanks, Le Roux Bodenstein
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@ -107,15 +107,20 @@ For more, see the `diffsettings documentation`_.
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Using settings in Python code
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=============================
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In your Django apps, use settings by importing them from
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In your Django apps, use settings by importing the object
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``django.conf.settings``. Example::
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from django.conf.settings import DEBUG
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from django.conf import settings
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if DEBUG:
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if settings.DEBUG:
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# Do something
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Note that your code should *not* import from either ``global_settings`` or
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Note that ``django.conf.settings`` isn't a module -- it's an object. So
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importing individual settings is not possible::
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from django.conf.settings import DEBUG # This won't work.
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Also note that your code should *not* import from either ``global_settings`` or
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your own settings file. ``django.conf.settings`` abstracts the concepts of
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default settings and site-specific settings; it presents a single interface.
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It also decouples the code that uses settings from the location of your
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@ -127,9 +132,9 @@ Altering settings at runtime
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You shouldn't alter settings in your applications at runtime. For example,
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don't do this in a view::
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from django.conf.settings import DEBUG
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from django.conf import settings
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DEBUG = True # Don't do this!
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settings.DEBUG = True # Don't do this!
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The only place you should assign to settings is in a settings file.
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