old_contents: import re
  from django import template
  from django.conf import settings
  
  numeric_test = re.compile("^\d+$")
  register = template.Library()
  
  def getattribute(value, arg):
      """Gets an attribute of an object dynamically from a string name"""
  
      if hasattr(value, str(arg)):
          return getattr(value, arg)
      elif hasattr(value, 'has_key') and value.has_key(arg):
          return value[arg]
      elif numeric_test.match(str(arg)) and len(value) > int(arg):
          return value[int(arg)]
      else:
          return settings.TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID
  
  register.filter('getattribute', getattribute)
  
  # Then, in template:
  # {% load getattribute %}
  # {{ object|getattribute:dynamic_string_var }}
  
new_contents: import re
  from django import template
  from django.conf import settings
  
  numeric_test = re.compile("^\d+$")
  register = template.Library()
  
  def getattribute(value, arg):
      """Gets an attribute of an object dynamically from a string name"""
  
      if hasattr(value, str(arg)):
          if callable(getattr(value, arg)):
              return getattr(value, arg)()
          return getattr(value, arg)
      elif hasattr(value, 'has_key') and value.has_key(arg):
          return value[arg]
      elif numeric_test.match(str(arg)) and len(value) > int(arg):
          return value[int(arg)]
      else:
          return settings.TEMPLATE_STRING_IF_INVALID
  
  register.filter('getattribute', getattribute)
  
  # Then, in template:
  # {% load getattribute %}
  # {{ object|getattribute:dynamic_string_var }}
  
subject: Call objects methods directly from the templates yay