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https://github.com/simonw/datasette/pull/1999#issuecomment-1461002039	https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/1999	1461002039	IC_kwDOBm6k_c5XFR83	9599	2023-03-08T22:58:16Z	2023-03-08T23:02:09Z	OWNER	The reason for that `Row` thing is that it allows custom templates that do things like this: https://docs.datasette.io/en/stable/changelog.html#easier-custom-templates-for-table-rows ```html+jinja {% for row in display_rows %} <div> <h2>{{ row["title"] }}</h2> <p>{{ row["description"] }}<lp> <p>Category: {{ row.display("category_id") }}</p> </div> {% endfor %} ``` Is that a good design? the `.display()` thing feels weird - I wonder if anyone has ever actually used that. It's documented here: https://docs.datasette.io/en/0.64.2/custom_templates.html#custom-templates > If you want to output the rendered HTML version of a column, including any links to foreign keys, you can use `{{ row.display("column_name") }}`. I can't see any examples of anyone using it in this code search: https://cs.github.com/?scopeName=All+repos&scope=&q=datasette+row.display It is however useful to have some kind of abstraction layer here that insulates the SQLite `Row` object, since having an extra layer will help if Datasette ever grows support for alternative database backends such as DuckDB or PostgreSQL.	{"total_count": 0, "+1": 0, "-1": 0, "laugh": 0, "hooray": 0, "confused": 0, "heart": 0, "rocket": 0, "eyes": 0}	1551694938