Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
#9105 closed (wontfix)
__unicode__ method for models
| Reported by: | Thomas Güttler | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Database layer (models, ORM) | Version: | 1.0 |
| Severity: | Keywords: | ||
| Cc: | hv@… | Triage Stage: | Design decision needed |
| Has patch: | yes | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
Hi,
Here is small patch to give models a __unicode__ method which includes
its primary key and class name.
Every time I create a new model and look into the admin page (/admin/myapp/mymodel/) I
see a list of:
- MyModel object
- MyModel object
- MyModel object
It would be better to have
- MyModel 1
- MyModel 2
- ....
Attachments (1)
Change History (3)
by , 16 years ago
| Attachment: | model__unicode__method.diff added |
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comment:1 by , 16 years ago
| Triage Stage: | Unreviewed → Design decision needed |
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comment:2 by , 16 years ago
| Resolution: | → wontfix |
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| Status: | new → closed |
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No, this is contrary to how Python normally behaves. You don't get a string-form for free apart form
repr()on classes. If you want something different, you define the right method. "Be like Python" is a pretty good guide for this sort of thing. The current default is actually pretty useful: it guides people to immediately think about what they want to have as the default string representation for their particular model.