old_contents: import os
  
  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.template import RequestContext, loader
  
  
  def ajax_aware_render(request, template_list, extra_context=None, **kwargs):
      if isinstance(template_list, basestring):
          template_list = [template_list]
      if request.is_ajax():
          new_template_list = []
          for name in template_list:
              new_template_list.append('%s.ajax.%s' % os.path.splitext(name))
              new_template_list.append(name)
          template_list = new_template_list
      c = RequestContext(request, extra_context)
      t = loader.select_template(template_list)
      return HttpResponse(t.render(c), **kwargs)
  
new_contents: import os
  
  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.template import RequestContext, loader
  
  
  def ajax_aware_render(request, template_list, extra_context=None, **kwargs):
      if isinstance(template_list, basestring):
          template_list = [template_list]
      if request.is_ajax():
          ajax_template_list = []
          for name in template_list:
              ajax_template_list.append('%s.ajax.%s' % os.path.splitext(name))
          template_list = ajax_template_list + list(template_list)
      c = RequestContext(request, extra_context)
      t = loader.select_template(template_list)
      return HttpResponse(t.render(c), **kwargs)
  
subject: Change the ordering of templates to pick from for the ajax render helper