I always thought the functionality should be within the object: Person.objects.filter_or_404(pk=2) Person.objects.filter(pk=2).or_404()
On 1/31/06, Adrian Holovaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The descriptor-fields implementation is firming up, which is good. Now > it's time to start changing all the various bits inside Django to use > the new descriptor-fields syntax. > > Two that come to mind are the get_object_or_404() and > get_list_or_404() shortcuts. Currently they accept a model and > **kwargs that are passed to get_list(). We can change it to use > filter(), but some previously-accepted kwargs, such as limit, offset > and select_related, are no longer filter() arguments; they're methods > on a QuerySet. > > Does anybody have ideas on ways to maintain this functionality without > making the shortcuts too verbose (and defeating their purpose)? > > Adrian > > -- > Adrian Holovaty > holovaty.com | djangoproject.com | chicagocrime.org >
