id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 20405 documentation error, v1.4, missing argument in example code (models.Manager) bjb@… nobody "Error in code example for https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/models/instances/#creating-objects. In the recommended code (option 2), the BookManager method ""create_book"" should have an extra argument ""self"". This has been done correctly on the corresponding documentation pages for django version 1.5 and dev. The documentation of this did not exist prior to version 1.4. bad:
class BookManager(models.Manager):
    def create_book(title):
        book = self.create(title=title)
        # do something with the book
        return book
good:
class BookManager(models.Manager):
    def create_book(self, title):
        book = self.create(title=title)
        # do something with the book
        return book
" Bug closed Documentation 1.4 Normal fixed Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 1 0