No worries, that's always been one of the most awkward gotchas in python.
It's made doubly so by the fact that iterating over a string gives more
strings.
On Jun 5, 2013 4:29 PM, "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]" <
cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Noah,
>
> Sorry yes I remember discussing this last time now, it wasn't until I hit
> send that I remembered about 5 seconds after.
>
> I think I'm having a bit of a stupid day - my apologies.
>
> Cal
>
> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:57 PM, Noah Kantrowitz <n...@coderanger.net>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2013, at 12:56 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > The following;
>> > class Meta:
>> > ordering = ('hostname')
>> >
>> > Results in;
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "h", a field that doesn't exist.
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "o", a field that doesn't exist.
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "s", a field that doesn't exist.
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "t", a field that doesn't exist.
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "n", a field that doesn't exist.
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "a", a field that doesn't exist.
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "m", a field that doesn't exist.
>> > amber.reseller: "ordering" refers to "e", a field that doesn't exist.
>> >
>> > To fix this, I have to use;
>> > class Meta:
>> > ordering = ('hostname', )
>> >
>> > However in python cli;
>> >
>> > salt1 foxx # python
>> > Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Dec 26 2010, 22:31:48)
>> > [GCC 4.4.5] on linux2
>> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> > >>> ['hostname']
>> > ['hostname']
>> > >>> lol = ['hostname']
>> > >>> lol[0]
>> > 'hostname'
>> > >>> lol[1]
>> > Traceback (most recent call last):
>> > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>> > IndexError: list index out of range
>> >
>> > Could anyone please explain why Django is not treating this list/tuple
>> properly?
>>
>> (x) isn't a tuple for the same reason (x+1)*4 isn't a tuple. (x,) is a
>> tuple of one item.
>>
>> --Noah
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