Shawn,
Chalk one up for option A. I never, ever, ever, use them and they can get dropped for all I care, considering how easy they are to implement "manually". They are also my go-to example for teaching new users how to modify their model's save method and I believe the shortcuts only add "magic" without bringing in real benefits. One could even argue that their existence creates an extra, unnecessary step in the learning curve for beginners. Bottom line, it's more often a nuisance than it is a shortcut. Cheers, André On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote: > A discussion broke out in our office today about using these features, > because there are blog posts[1] bashing them and a comment by JKM > saying they should go away[2]. > > It seems that all of the arguments against are based on the fact that > there were bugs in the past (links in the comments of the blog post > above). However, the "go away" comment is five years old and they're > still there, and the bug tickets have been patched. > > It's easy enough to do what these features do in a more explicit way. > > Considering these facts, I'm wondering what the consensus is in the > community: > > A. They're still there because they're too annoying to deprecate > or just not important enough to spend time on. > > B. They're useful shortcuts and their use is preferable to manual > replacements. > > > [1] > http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/nov/02/django-tips-auto-populated-fields/ > [2] https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/1056 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
