Dictionaries and contexts
A Python dictionary is a mapping between known keys and variable values. A Context is similar to a dictionary, but a Context provides additional functionality, as covered in Chapter 8, Advanced Templates.
Variable names must begin with a letter (A-Z or a-z) and may contain more letters, digits, underscores, and dots. (Dots are a special case we'll get to in a moment.) Variable names are case sensitive. Here's an example of template compilation and rendering, using a template similar to the example in the beginning of this chapter:
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