6 | | * If you use forms which subclass `django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` (e.g., the form for posting registered comments), the form may think you're anonymous even after it's logged you in (because `request.user` is still an `AnonymousUser` object). This is why, for example, entering a username and password when previewing a registered comment seems to do nothing (the form will still think those fields are required, because it doesn't know you've successfully logged in during that request). |
| 6 | * If you use forms which subclass `django.contrib.auth.forms.AuthenticationForm` (e.g., the form for posting registered comments), the form may still think you're anonymous even after it's successfully logged you in (because `request.user` is still an `AnonymousUser` object). This is why, for example, entering a username and password when previewing a registered comment seems to do nothing (the form will still think those fields are required, because it doesn't know you've successfully logged in during that request). |