pk name attribute not provided in <object> tag

[Kausikram]

when django serializes an object it creates an object tag having the primary key value as an attribute pk="value" and then provides the other fields as its children. however it never mentions the name of the primary key anywhere. This turns to be disadvantageous when the primary key is not the default id field but something custom specified in the model.

Support by providing a name attribute for the object tag, similar to that provided for the fields tag would be much appreciated.

[Kausikram]

python.py file of serializer module

[Kausikram]

xml_serializer.py from serializer module

[Kausikram]

Attached two files :

• python.py (change in line#33)
• xml_serializer.py(change in line#47)

of the serializers module which will now add an extra attribute name to the object tag when serializing into json,python or xml.

[Alex Gaynor]

kausikram: Please provides a diff against the root of the tree, instead of multiple complete files.

[Aymeric Augustin]

I just uploaded a patch that reflects the changes, but I still don't understand entirely which problem you're trying to solve. I need more info to determine if this is actually the best solution.

You're saying:

This turns to be disadvantageous when the primary key is not the default id field but something custom specified in the model.

Could you elaborate on "disadvantageous"?