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8144	values_list doesn't give the full object when requested	Kenneth Arnold	nobody	"{{{values_list}}} is very useful to us, but one thing that keeps it from being more useful is that it will not return full objects when we ask for them.

Current behavior:
{{{
Model.objects.values_list('other') # yields ids
}}}

Desired behavior:
{{{
Model.objects.values_list('other_id') # yields ids
Model.objects.values_list('other')    # yields objects
}}}

This of course requires getting extra things from the database, akin to {{{select_related}}}. We prefer {{{values_list}}} because it is more explicit and doesn't require pulling in all the fields of the first model ({{{Model}}}, above) where we don't ask for them.
"		closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev		wontfix	values_list	kenneth.arnold@…	Design decision needed	0	0	0	0	0	0