Changeset 9153

Timestamp:

10/05/08 11:03:58 (3 months ago)

Author:

ubernostrum

Message:

Add note to 1.0 porting guide about removal of dictionary access to HTTP request objects

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/releases/1.0-porting-guide.txt (modified) (1 diff)

django/trunk/docs/releases/1.0-porting-guide.txt

@@ -567 +567 @@
-HTTP request/response objects
------------------------------
+
+Dictionary access to ``HttpRequest``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``HttpRequest`` objects no longer directly support dictionary-style
+access; previously, both ``GET`` and ``POST`` data were directly
+available on the ``HttpRequest`` object (e.g., you could check for a
+piece of form data by using ``if 'some_form_key' in request`` or by
+reading ``request['some_form_key']``. This is no longer supported; if
+you need access to the combined ``GET`` and ``POST`` data, use
+``request.REQUEST`` instead.
+
+It is strongly suggested, however, that you always explicitly look in
+the appropriate dictionary for the type of request you expect to
+receive (``request.GET`` or ``request.POST``); relying on the combined
+``request.REQUEST`` dictionary can mask the origin of incoming data.
-
-Accessing ``HTTPResponse`` headers