Can I use XSLT in Django?

Question

We use Django for writing our new project. Our designer wants to write templates with XSLT. As you know Django has its own template system, and I don't have any arguments why the designer can't use XSLT. 2 questions:

1. Can I return XML in my views?
2. Is there a reason for doing this? What facts can help me changing his view on Django's templating system?

Answer 1

1). Yes, why not.

import libxslt
import libxml2

from django http import HttpResponse

def your_view(request):
    xsl = libxslt.parseStyleSheetDoc(libxml2.parseFile('stylesheet.xml'))
    data = # your xml here
    result = xsl.applyStylesheet(data)
    response = HttpResponse()
    xsl.saveResultToFile(response, result)
    return response

2). This will likely solicit opinion, debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion. :-)