Changeset 6902

Timestamp:

12/09/07 02:10:09 (9 months ago)

Author:

mtredinnick

Message:

Tweaked the custom field documentation so that people reading about to_python() get a big hint to look at the SubfieldBase? metaclass.

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/custom_model_fields.txt (modified) (1 diff)

django/trunk/docs/custom_model_fields.txt

@@ -383 +383 @@
-Python object type we want to store in the model's attribute.
-
+**Remember:** If your custom field needs the ``to_python()`` method to be
+called when it is created, you should be using `The SubfieldBase metaclass`_
+mentioned earlier. Otherwise ``to_python()`` won't be called automatically.
+
-``get_db_prep_save(self, value)``
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~