id summary reporter owner description type status component version severity resolution keywords cc stage has_patch needs_docs needs_tests needs_better_patch easy ui_ux 829 __repr__ overloaded for short_descriptions in admin interface aaronsw Adrian Holovaty "The admin interface abuses __repr__ to get its short_descriptions for listing objects. Instead, it should have a new function (perhaps short_description or something like that) to generate these things. Then, perhaps by default, __repr__ can be '<'+classname+': '+short_description+'>' which is much more appropriate for the REPL situations in which __repr__ is traditionally used. If you have to use a special function, perhaps it could be __str__." defect closed contrib.admin normal duplicate Unreviewed 0 0 0 0 0 0