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888	request.POST does not evaluate to True if there are no form variables	anonymous	Adrian Holovaty	A common idiom encouraged by the docs is using {{{if request.POST:}}} to see if a function was called using the POST method. But since request.POST is a dictionary-like thing, if the form that was POSTed contains no variables, request.POST evaluates to False. Since this idiom is much more common than the one testing for whether the form had contents, I suggest that request.POST should evaluate to True if the method is POST, regardless of whether there was form content.	defect	closed	Core (Other)		normal	wontfix			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0