Lighty-template
===============

Lighty-template is very simple template engine for python (python.org). 
Template syntax looks like django-template or jinja2 template. But template 
engine code is easier and gives a way to write all needed tags without any 
hacks. 

Now it does not include all features django-template or jinja2 supports, but 
I'll try to fix it as soon as possible.

Features:
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- Stupid simple syntax almost compatible with django-template.
- Pure python.
- Supports both Python 2 (checked with 2.7.2) and Python 3 (checked with 3.2.2)
- Fast. From 3 to 10 times faster than django-template and even faster on some
  benchmarks than jinja2 (but in one benchmark 2 times slower).
- Simple and compact code.
- Template filters with multiply arguments.
- Basic template filters included (now just 14 template filters).
- Basic template tags included.
- Simple but powerfull tag declaration - it's easy to create your own block 
  tags with writing single function.
- Custom template tags can modify template on fly.

Example:
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	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
		<title>{{ title }}</title>
		{% block style %}{% endblock %}
		{% block script %}{% endblock %}
	</head>
	<body>
		{% block content %}
		<h1>Hello, {{ name }}!</h1>
		<p>Some text here</p>
		{% endblock %}
		{% include "includes/footer.html" %}
	</body>
	</html>

TODO:
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- More default tags (now there is no load tags, and if and for tags was
  simplified and requires additional work).
- More default filters (date formatiing, strings saving, etc.)
- Some additional execution optimizations.
- More tests (in progress).
- Documentation.
- Thinking about unicode and escaping.
