A rewrite of render_mako class from web.contrib.template (Web.py)

gistfile1.py

#webpy with mako

class render_mako(object):
    """Rendering interface to Mako Templates.

    Example:

        render = render_mako(
                     directories=['templates'],
                     input_encoding='utf-8',
                     output_encoding='utf-8',
                     extension='.mako'
                 )
        render.hello()

    The rendered template will be in this example: templates/hello.mako
    """
    def __init__(self, *a, **kwargs):
        #store custom extension
        if kwargs.has_key('extension'):
            self._ext = kwargs['extension']
            del kwargs['extension']
        #otherwise set it to .html
        else:
            self._ext = '.html'

        #proceed to normal execution
        from mako.lookup import TemplateLookup
        self._lookup = TemplateLookup(*a, **kwargs)

    def __getattr__(self, name):
        path = name + self._ext
        t = self._lookup.get_template(path)
        return t.render