Add subclassing pattern/example to fix issue #221.

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Subclassing Flask
=================
The :class:`~flask.Flask` class is designed for subclassing.
One reason to subclass would be customizing the Jinja2 :class:`~jinja2.Environment`. For example, to add a new global template variable::
from flask import Flask
from datetime import datetime
class MyFlask(Flask):
""" Flask with more global template vars """
def create_jinja_environment(self):
""" Initialize my custom Jinja environment. """
jinja_env = super(MyFlask, self).create_jinja_environment(self)
jinja_env.globals.update(
current_time = datetime.datetime.now()
)
return jinja_env
This is the recommended approach for overriding or augmenting Flask's internal functionality.