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35552	[Django Admin] Harmonizing obj=None parameter across multiple function	Sven R. Kunze	nobody	"Searching the issue tracker didn't reveal anything useful. Please point me at the right issue if this topic has already been discussed elsewhere. :-)

During several projects, we worked around an issue of Django Admin. When using the following methods:

- `formfield_for_dbfield`
- `formfield_for_choice_field`
- `formfield_for_foreignkey`
- `formfield_for_manytomany`
- `get_field_queryset`
- `get_autocomplete_fields`
- `get_changeform_initial_data`

the current instance is really useful for complex applications, but it is not provided though.

Our current work-around: reparsing request.path_info and retrieving the object once again. In addition to the code redundancy, it's an additional performance loss.

As a solution, we propose the following:
- harmonize the `obj=None` parameter across those method like `get_fields` or `get_readonly_fields`."	New feature	closed	contrib.admin	dev	Normal	wontfix		Sven R. Kunze	Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0