Commit 74c025d0 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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Fixed #13608 - Noted that template lookups use literal values.

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docs/ref/templates/api.txt

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@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ dot in a variable name, it tries the following lookups, in this order: 
* Attribute lookup. Example: ``foo.bar``

* List-index lookup. Example: ``foo[bar]``



Note that "bar" in a template expression like ``{{ foo.bar }}`` will be

interpreted as a literal string and not using the value of the variable "bar",

if one exists in the template context.



The template system uses the first lookup type that works. It's short-circuit

logic. Here are a few examples::

docs/topics/templates.txt

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@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ If you use a variable that doesn't exist, the template system will insert 
the value of the :setting:`TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID` setting, which is set

to ``''`` (the empty string) by default.



Note that "bar" in a template expression like ``{{ foo.bar }}`` will be

interpreted as a literal string and not using the value of the variable "bar",

if one exists in the template context.



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