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diff --git a/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst b/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst index c4bde2b54..a27ef6af9 100644 --- a/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst +++ b/docs/whatsnew-1.3.rst @@ -284,9 +284,12 @@ Minor Feature Additions something like "AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'rfind'". -- The system value ``r`` is now supplied to renderers as an alias for +- The system value ``req`` is now supplied to renderers as an alias for ``request``. This means that you can now, for example, in a template, do - ``r.route_url(...)`` instead of ``request.route_url(...)``. + ``req.route_url(...)`` instead of ``request.route_url(...)``. This is + purely a change to reduce the amount of typing required to use request + methods and attributes from within templates. The value ``request`` is + still available too, this is just an alternative. Backwards Incompatibilities --------------------------- |