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34721	ChoiceField/TypedChoiceField: .value() has inconsistent behaviour, coercion not applied.	Daniel	nobody	"Given a form like

{{{
# forms.py
class MyForm(Form):
    colour = ChoiceField(
        choices=[(0, ""Red""), (1, ""Green""), (2, ""Blue""), (3, ""Yellow"")],
        initial=0,
        widget=HiddenInput(),
        required=True,
    )

# views.py
def my_view(request):
    my_form = MyForm(request.POST or None)
...
    return render(request,""template.html"", { ""my_form"": my_form })
}}}

and a template like

{{{
{% for colour_id, colour in my_form.fields.colour.choices %}
    {{ colour }}: {% if colour_id == my_form.colour.value %}selected{% else %}not selected{% endif %}
{% endfor %}
}}}

I find inconsistent behaviour in the return type of `my_form[""colour""]`, or `{{ my_form.colour.value }}` respectively.

`my_form.fields[""colour""].choices`, and `{{ my_form.fields.colour.choices }}` correctly return the list of tuples assigned to the `choices=` parameter of the `ChoiceField`, retaining their types. Hence, `colour_id` and `colour` are of type `int` and `string` respectively.

If the form is unbound and the fields `initial=` value is used, then `my_form[""colour""]`, and `{{ my_form.colour.value }}` return the initial value of `0` as type `int`.

If the form is bound, then `my_form[""colour""]`, and `{{ my_form.colour.value }}` return the selected choice as type `str`.

I would expect that all, `my_form.fields[""colour""].choices` and `{{ my_form.fields.colour.choices }}` and `my_form[""colour""]` and `{{ my_form.colour.value }}` would return the values as the same type.

Changing `ChoiceField(...)` to `TypedChoiceField(..., coerce=int)` does only affect `my_form.cleaned_data[""colour""]`, but neither of `my_form.fields[""colour""].choices`,`{{ my_form.fields.colour.choices }}`, or `my_form[""colour""]`, or`{{ my_form.colour.value }}`.

Ultimately leads to `{% if colour_id == my_form.colour.value %}` never being true when the form is bound, even when it should."	Bug	new	Forms	4.2	Normal				Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0