Make FileDescriptor subclass DeferredAttribute.

[Sultan]

The model fields use, by default, the descriptor DeferredAttribute to access and process (if necessary) the data associated with them. This type of data represents the actual data in db column. I prefer to call it a “field data”.

To access the field data in instance dict, Field.attname is used as a key.

In addition to the field data, some other model fields (for example, ForeignKey) also use a "client data" of the attribute, the processing of which is performed by a particular descriptor. Such a descriptor is assigned to a model using Field.name. Its task is to present the same field data in a different format, the result of which differs from the result of Field.attname descriptor: article.author returns a User object, and article.auther_id returns a User object pk.

This feature is not used in FileField. Then why use FileField.name instead of FileField.attname for FileDescriptor?

I think it would be better if FileDescriptor extends the DeferredAttribute class and uses field.attname instead of field.name.

[Mariusz Felisiak]

Looks reasonable.

[Sultan]

Replying to felixxm: It's much better. Thanks.

[Mariusz Felisiak <felisiak.mariusz@…>]

In a93425a:

Fixed #31701 -- Made FileDescriptor subclass DeferredAttribute.