Django TemplateView with support for returning HttpResponse in get_context_data()

gistfile1.py

from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.views import generic

class TemplateView(generic.TemplateView):
    """
    Exactly like Django's TemplateView, but adds support for returning an
    HttpResponse in get_context_data
    """
    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        context_or_response = self.get_context_data(**kwargs)
        if isinstance(context_or_response, HttpResponse):
            return context_or_response
        else:
            return self.render_to_response(context_or_response)