The help_text attribute in forms can be a ugettext_lazy() object, so be careful

not to trigger translations at import time.

I checked other usages of help_text in form fields and model fields and there
is not similar usage in __init__() methods.


git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@8148 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/forms/fields.py

@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ class Field(object):
         if label is not None:
             label = smart_unicode(label)
         self.required, self.label, self.initial = required, label, initial
-        self.help_text = smart_unicode(help_text or '')
+        if help_text is None:
+            self.help_text = u''
+        else:
+            self.help_text = smart_unicode(help_text)
         widget = widget or self.widget
         if isinstance(widget, type):
             widget = widget()