[Django] #33834: Compact way to in-place update of the ORM model instance

[Django]

#33834: Compact way to in-place update of the ORM model instance
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               Reporter:  Anton      |          Owner:  nobody
  Danilchenko                        |
                   Type:             |         Status:  new
  Cleanup/optimization               |
              Component:  Database   |        Version:  dev
  layer (models, ORM)                |
               Severity:  Normal     |       Keywords:  orm
           Triage Stage:             |      Has patch:  0
  Unreviewed                         |
    Needs documentation:  0          |    Needs tests:  0
Patch needs improvement:  0          |  Easy pickings:  0
                  UI/UX:  0          |
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 Hello,

 I think that it will be useful to have such a methods to update the
 instance in-place, that saves a bit of typing:

 {{{
 book = Book.objects.get(pk=123)

 # Currently we do next
 book.title = "New title"
 book.year = 2022
 book.save()

 # NEW WAY: Set multiple fields in-place
 book.set(title="New title", year=2022)
 book.save()

 # NEW WAY: Update multiple fields in-place
 book.update(title="New title", year=2022)
 }}}

 This way we can save on typing, and set fields (especially if we have them
 in a dict) easily. Or we can update an object with new field values and
 save it explicitly.

 It can be implemented easily in the base Model class by adding two
 methods:

 {{{
 class Model:
     def set(self, **kwargs):
         for name, value ink wargs.items():
             setattr(name, value)

     def update(self, **kwargs):
         self.set(kwargs)
         return self.save()
 }}}

 My question is next - why it's no such obvious operations in the Django
 ORM yet? Is it done by purpose?

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