Bind shorter var names in django template

Question

To the risk of being closed as duplicate (I can't really find it...) I have the following question. I am sure it's either under my nose, or not possible, but I prefer to ask.

Is it possible to bind to multiple, shorter variable names in django? I know the existence of with, but with assumes you open a block. I would like to bind three or four, meaning that I would have to open (and close) four with blocks. Feasible, but not very nice.

Example, say I have this in my context: foo.bar.baz.quux1, foo.bar.baz.quux2, foo.bar.baz.quux3. I would like to bind them to quux1, quux2 and quux3 for easier access.

Answer 1

{% with foo.bar.baz.quux3 as quux3 %}

Answer 2

No, there isn't a built-in way. You could do this in the view, or write a shortcut method on foo. Alternatively a custom template tag could do it.