python - django.utils.thread_support in django 1.5 -

i'm trying implement django custom middleware gives me access request object wherever in project, based in the 1 suggested here. article written long time ago, , django 1.5 not have library thread_support then. alternative should use accomplish thread safe local store store request object? code in custom middleware:

from django.utils.thread_support import currentthread _requests = {}  def get_request():     return _requests[currentthread()]  class globalrequestmiddleware(object):     def process_request(self, request):         _requests[currentthread()] = request 

and, of course, raises exception:

improperlyconfigured: error importing middleware myproject.middleware.global:  "no module named thread_support" 

edit:

i found out working fix:

from threading import local  _active = local()  def get_request():     return _active.request  class globalrequestmiddleware(object):     def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):         _active.request = request         return none 

now have question: leads memory leak? happens _active? cleaned when request dies? anyway, there's valid answer posted. i'm going accept other (better, if possible) solution welcome! thanks!

replace

from django.utils.thread_support import currentthread currentthread() 

with

from threading import current_thread current_thread()