> This is so easily taken care of by a filter, I'm not sure if it's
> worth the trouble of introducing to the core syntax.
>
> @register.filter
> def objIndex(value, arg):
> "Use objects as keys in dictionaries
> {{ my_dict|objIndex:Value }}"
> return value[arg]
>
> for exa
> Any thoughts?
Ok, so I just tried installing the admin interface, and my code
appears to break that in all sorts of interesting ways. So, I guess
what I posted is pretty worthless right now. I'm still going to try
to get this working though, since I think it should be worthwhile.
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So, we have the four basic things that a "dot" can imply in a
template: dictionary lookup, attribute lookup, method call, and
list-index. What I needed was dictionary lookup on the context's
value for the given field, rather the literal field. An example might
help:
>>> import django.template a
