def following(request, user_id):
 instance = get_object_or_404(User, pk=user_id)
 return render_to_response('actstream/following.html', {'following': models.following(instance), 'user': instance}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

def following ( request , user_id ) : instance = get_object_or_404 ( User , pk = user_id ) return render_to_response ( 'actstream/following.html' , { 'following' : models . following ( instance ) , 'user' : instance } , context_instance = RequestContext ( request ) )
returns a list of actors that the user identified by user_id is following .