addict outputs {'__unicode__': {}} rather than empty string when used in django templates.

[AncientSwordRage]

Here is a rough idea of the code I'm running:

from addict import Dict
def get_dictionary(self, orig_dict):
    new_dict = Dict({'default_key':'default_value'})
    if(orig_dict["code"]==0):
        new_dict.other_key = "Double Quoted String"
    elif(orig_dict["code"]==1):
        new_dict.other_key = "Different Double Quoted String"
    return new_dict

and eventually when I use it with Django's render_to_string("xml_template.xml",dictionary=context_dictionary) into this template:

<ParentTag>
    <MyFirstTag>{{new_dict.default_key}}</MyFirstTag>
    <MySecondTag>{{new_dict.other_key}}</MySecondTag>
</ParentTag>

And it renders as:

<ParentTag>
    <MyFirstTag>default_value</MyFirstTag>
    <MySecondTag>{&#39;__unicode__&#39;: {}</MySecondTag>
</ParentTag>

I think that (for some reason) addict is returning an empty dictionary, but the output is being mangled. I know the docs say you can use to_dict() but it implies you don't need to.

Any idea why this happens?

[mewwts]

Hi @AncientSwordRage,
That looks really weird! Could you tell me what you get when you do
<MySecondTag>{{new_dict['other_key']}}</MySecondTag>?

Thanks for submitting this issue! 👍

[mewwts]

@AncientSwordRage Any update on this?

[AncientSwordRage]

I've not named to look into this, but I've not forgotten.

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[mewwts]

I'm closing this for now, as it looks a bit lika a django escape sequence.

[ckot]

I can verify that the passing of the .to_dict() value of the Dict object fixes the &39;unicode&39; issue, but the dict still displays all keys wrapped with &39;, This happens with any dict, and the problem is not specific to addict.

The solution is to use the |safe template filter when you are either displaying entire dictionaries or keys which themselves have nested dictionaries (probably only useful for dumping data-structures during development anyway). example usage: {{ mydict|safe }} or {{ mydict.somekey|safe }}

[mewwts]

Thanks for clarifying @ckot 👍