documentcloud/backbone — pull request #1693 by braddunbar (2012-10-01 21:05:11+00:00)
Title: Allow view.el to be provided as a function.

I find this to be a rather elegant way to include the view element in a template (a much requested feature).

```js
var View = Backbone.View.extend({
el: _.template("<%- this.model.get('name') %>")
});
```