Ticket #10326: handlerXXX_callable.diff

django/core/urlresolvers.py

@@ -213 +213 @@
 
     def _resolve_special(self, view_type):
         callback = getattr(self.urlconf_module, 'handler%s' % view_type)
-        mod_name, func_name = get_mod_func(callback)
         try:
-            return getattr(__import__(mod_name, {}, {}, ['']), func_name), {}
+            return get_callable(callback), {}
         except (ImportError, AttributeError), e:
             raise ViewDoesNotExist, "Tried %s. Error was: %s" % (callback, str(e))
 

docs/topics/http/urls.txt

@@ -244 +244 @@
 handler404
 ----------
 
-A string representing the full Python import path to the view that should be
-called if none of the URL patterns match.
+A callable, or a string representing the full Python import path to the view
+that should be called if none of the URL patterns match.
 
 By default, this is ``'django.views.defaults.page_not_found'``. That default
 value should suffice.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.1
+    Previous versions of Django only accepted strings representing import paths.
+
 handler500
 ----------
 
-A string representing the full Python import path to the view that should be
-called in case of server errors. Server errors happen when you have runtime
-errors in view code.
+A callable, or a string representing the full Python import path to the view
+that should be called in case of server errors. Server errors happen when you
+have runtime errors in view code.
 
 By default, this is ``'django.views.defaults.server_error'``. That default
 value should suffice.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.1
+    Previous versions of Django only accepted strings representing import paths.
+
 include
 -------