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5291	Error in newforms docu about BooleanField Validation and required	lucasvo@…	nobody	"The documentation about the newforms says the following, which is wrong:

BooleanField

    * Default widget: CheckboxInput
    * Empty value: None
    * Normalizes to: A Python True or False value.
    * Validates nothing (i.e., it never raises a ValidationError).

If you do not set required=False, it only validates if it is True. 


IMO one should change it's behaviour to not validate at all. But according to [http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5081], it wont."		closed	Forms	dev		duplicate	documentation boolean		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0