Further to #122, I'd love to see a simpler syntax for direct assignment and reference of objects in related tables. It'd eliminate the last big separation (in my mind, at least) between how people work with normal Python objects and how they need to work Django database-backed objects. All you'd have left is .save(), which I'm all for keeping.
from django.core import meta
class Person(meta.Model):
name = meta.CharField(maxlength=200)
class CourtCase(meta.Model):
plaintiff = meta.ForeignKey(Person)
defendant = meta.ForeignKey(Person)
me = persons.get_object(name__exact="garthk")
you = persons.get_object(name__exact="hugo-")
case = courtcases.CourtCase()
case.defendant = me
case.plaintiff = you
case.save()
print case.defendant.name
We'd also want to retain support for {{case.defendant_id = me.id}} for those who tend to think more in terms of the database structures than the Python structures. I'm definitely in the latter category, but I know plenty of people in the former.
