Sketching out a Django cached Loader which excludes some template patterns ...

loader.py

from django.template.loaders import cached
from django.conf import settings

class Loader(cached.Loader):
    """ mostly cached loader """

    def load_template(self, template_name, template_dirs=None, exclusions=None):
                                                                                                                    
        if exclusions is None:
            exclusions = getattr(settings, 'MOSTLYCACHED_EXCLUDES', ())

        template_instance, origin = super(Loader, self).load_template(
                template_name=template_name, template_dirs=template_dirs)

        for regex in exclusions:
            if re.match(regex, template_name) and key in self.template_cache:
                del self.template_cache[key]
                break
        return template_instance, origin