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
23801	Warn when max_length is used with IntegerField	David Eyk	Mattia Procopio	"An IntegerField with a max_length silently truncates integers. Observe:

{{{
>>> class MyModel(Model):
>>>    num = IntegerField(max_length=2)

>>> m = MyModel.objects.create(num=42)
>>> m.num
42
>>> m.num = 427
>>> m.num
427
>>> m.save()
>>> m.num
42
}}}

This violates the Zen of Python: ""Errors should never pass silently."" It has also has been a reliable source of fun bugs over the years. This is long-standing Procrustean behavior, since at least v1.0 I think, if not before, but it bit me for the nth time yesterday, so I'm filing a bug.
"	New feature	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal	fixed			Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0