- Add a ``string`` renderer. This renderer converts a non-Response

  return value of any view callble into a string.  It is documented in
  the "Views" narrative chapter.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/repoze/bfg/renderers.py b/repoze/bfg/renderers.py
index 503131400..c5aed2906 100644
--- a/repoze/bfg/renderers.py
+++ b/repoze/bfg/renderers.py
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ def json_renderer_factory(name):
         return json.dumps(value)
     return _render
 
+def string_renderer_factory(name):
+    def _render(value):
+        if not isinstance(value, basestring):
+            value = str(value)
+        return value
+    return _render
+
 # utility functions
 
 def template_renderer_factory(path, impl, level=3):