Ticket #2966: direct_to_template-extra_context.patch

simple.py

@@ -2 +2 @@
 from django.template import RequestContext
 from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect, HttpResponseGone
 
-def direct_to_template(request, template, **kwargs):
+def direct_to_template(request, template, extra_context=None, **kwargs):
     """
     Render a given template with any extra URL parameters in the context as
     ``{{ params }}``.
     """
-    return render_to_response(template, {'params' : kwargs}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
+    if extra_context is None: extra_context = {}
+    return render_to_response(template, dict(extra_context, params=kwargs), context_instance=RequestContext(request))
 
 def redirect_to(request, url, **kwargs):
     """