I'd recommend not saying "unsaved". "new" if anything. UUID pk's may default to generating a pk before save, so it might just be best to show the actual current pk value
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Kapil Garg <kapilgarg1...@gmail.com> wrote: > So what should the final __str__ show: Should it be 'ClassName object > pk=Something' and if pk is None then should it be 'ClassName object > (unsaved)' or 'ClassName object pk=None' ? > > On Sunday, 2 April 2017 23:47:01 UTC+5:30, Collin Anderson wrote: >> >> Makes sense to me. Maybe still keep the "Transaction object" part, and >> use None if no pk. >> >> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Kapil Garg <kapilg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ticket 27953 <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/27953> is regarding >>> this proposal and the suggestion is about adding "pk" in Model string >>> representation if it exists. >>> >>> On Thursday, 11 July 2013 09:16:25 UTC+5:30, Collin Anderson wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Have you ever quickly set up a model, ran syncdb, and added a few >>>> sample objects in the admin to only see a bunch of "MyModel object"s in the >>>> changelist? I always forget to add a __unicode__()/__str__() method on my >>>> models. >>>> >>>> I ran "git grep -1 __unicode__" on some of my django projects and >>>> noticed a lot of repeated code. In fact, it seems that in about a _third_ >>>> of all my cases, I'm just returning self.name, or returning self.name >>>> would have been a good default. I looked at a few 3rd party apps for >>>> comparison and found similar results, though not for every app. >>>> >>>> IMHO, returning self.name (if the field or property exists) is a >>>> sensible default for __unicode__. We can still return "MyModel object" if >>>> there's no "name" attribute. You'll still end up adding your own >>>> __unicode__ method much of the time, just like you always have. >>>> >>>> Yes, it's "magic", but we can document it. >>>> Yes, it's a little more confusing, but we don't have to explain it >>>> during the tutorial. >>>> Yes, it's backwards incompatible, but only in rare cases should it be a >>>> problem. >>>> Yes, it could look like any Model without a "name" field is "wrong", >>>> but it's not. >>>> Yes, "title" is also very popular, but name is better. :) >>>> >>>> It has the effect of being a little more friendly in many cases, and >>>> can result in more DRY code. >>>> >>>> What do your __unicode__/__str__ methods look like? Is this a bad idea? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Collin >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-d...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/django-developers/c7254a96-7ee3-4262-a90b-83dcfe8fa3d4% >>> 40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/c7254a96-7ee3-4262-a90b-83dcfe8fa3d4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-developers/1a84fb1c-522f-4bc4-b214- > 0831a63f13ae%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/1a84fb1c-522f-4bc4-b214-0831a63f13ae%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAFO84S76_%3DB_7kuLj0DbXZ%2BZw78J7nGWdKnGM57qFtEVDb4BfA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
