Need information on mocking context processors

[thibaudcolas]

It’s unclear whether mocking context processors is supported, and if so how.

If it’s not supported, we need to document this at the very least.

Detailed feedback from @ababic:

Context processors are potentially misused/overused to get around limitations

For example, I've seen forms, various bits of text and other variables added via context processors to make things available when rendering via the pattern library. This is fine to a degree, but there could be better options (like using wagtail sitesettings) that are overlooked because they are more difficult to integrate with the pattern library

Which terms did you search for in the docs and issues?

• In the documentation I searched for: context processors
• In the issues / pull requests, I searched for: context processors

[ababic]

Hey @thibaudcolas. This is more a symptom, rather than a problem in itself. The issue is that adding a context processor is sometimes the only option to inject complex objects into the template context. I think there have been some improvements in this area since I raised this.

[thibaudcolas]

Thank you @ababic, re-reading this I did completely misunderstand this.