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authorAlexandre Bourget <alexandre.bourget@savoirfairelinux.com>2011-03-24 12:07:09 -0400
committerAlexandre Bourget <alexandre.bourget@savoirfairelinux.com>2011-03-24 12:07:09 -0400
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@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ application-specific configuration settings.
Reloading Templates
-------------------
-When this value is true, reload templates without a restart, so you can see
-changes to templates take effect immediately during development. This flag
-is meaningful to Chameleon and Mako templates, as well as most third-party
-template rendering extensions.
+When this value is true, templates are automatically reloaded whenever
+they are modified without restarting the application, so you can see
+changes to templates take effect immediately during development. This
+flag is meaningful to Chameleon and Mako templates, as well as most
+third-party template rendering extensions.
+---------------------------------+-----------------------------+
| Environment Variable Name | Config File Setting Name |
@@ -335,6 +336,14 @@ with ``reload_``). on in one fell swoop, you can use
affect settings that do not start with ``reload_*`` such as
``debug_notfound``.
+.. note::
+ Specifying configuration settings via environment variables is generally
+ most useful during development, where you may wish to augment or
+ override the more permanent settings in the configuration file.
+ This is useful because many of the reload and debug settings may
+ have performance or security (i.e., disclosure) implications
+ that make them undesirable in a production environment.
+
.. index::
single: reload_templates
single: reload_assets