From ebfe42d018b1268969238a5b90bfb5fe46d0d44f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Graham Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 05:47:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed #21009 -- Added a versionchanged note regarding changes to clean(). refs [fb1dd6b13a] and [1c4a9bd9ad1] --- docs/ref/forms/validation.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt index 94e9308c9a..b6113098bb 100644 --- a/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt +++ b/docs/ref/forms/validation.txt @@ -403,6 +403,12 @@ example:: raise forms.ValidationError("Did not send for 'help' in " "the subject despite CC'ing yourself.") +.. versionchanged:: 1.7 + + In previous versions of Django, ``form.clean()`` was required to return + a dictionary of ``cleaned_data``. This method may still return a dictionary + of data to be used, but it's no longer required. + In this code, if the validation error is raised, the form will display an error message at the top of the form (normally) describing the problem.