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27720	Confusing error message when creating a model with unspecified attributes that have no defaults	sanaani	nobody	"Using the example project at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/intro/tutorial02/.

The example project says to instantiate a model in this way:
q = Question(**question_text**=""What's new?"",** pub_date**=timezone.now())

However, if you do something silly like not assigning attributes:
q = Question(""What's new?"", timezone.now())

The model will still instantiate. What's super confusing is that if you forget to type in the attributes, then apply
q.save()

You get the bizarre error ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'Question'

If a model object is created without an assigned attribute and the missing attribute has no default specified, then some type of warning should appear. I wasted about 3 hours today figuring out this dumb mistake; the error message isn''t related to the initial error."	Uncategorized	new	Database layer (models, ORM)	1.10	Normal		model		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	1	0