Re: How are default values for fields used

[Maniac]

akaihola wrote:
So, if I'm not mistaken, the default values for a model's fields are
not used when saving an object,

They are used to prefill form elements in the Admin (don't know about 
custom forms though, never tried). So it's just a hint for the user.

and I must create a custom manipulator
to do that.

Not necessarily. It's more convinient to override _pre_save() method in 
your model and fill default values there.