Opened 3 years ago
Last modified 3 years ago
#33258 closed Bug
inconsistent use of () and [] for attributes in Admin class - Also class variables — at Initial Version
Reported by: | Martin Massera | Owned by: | nobody |
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Component: | contrib.admin | Version: | 3.2 |
Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | Admin |
Cc: | Claude Paroz | Triage Stage: | Unreviewed |
Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
In Django's Admin class, most "lists" are initialized as tuples ()
while two of them (inlines
and actions
)are initialized as lists []
`
list_display = ('str',)
list_display_links = ()
list_filter = ()
...
list_editable = ()
search_fields = ()
...
inlines = []
...
actions = []
`
This is inconsistent.
And also there is a Since these are declared in the class, they are shared among all instances if this value is not set.
I wanted to add an action to an admin subclass so I did MyAdmin.actions.append('some_action')
which added this action to all my admins who had not set a new value to actions
. While lists are more semantically correct than tuples, tuples have the advantage of being immutable, so they force users to reset the value every time.
So, two solutions:
- declare all these attributes as instance variables in the constructor. Possibly setting them all as lists
- declare all these attributes as tuples, keeping them where they are