Fixed #1697 and #2095 -- Made 'choices' parameter accept any iterable

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3094 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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Adrian Holovaty 2006-06-07 02:46:08 +00:00
parent 448becefdf
commit f3f002b161
2 changed files with 10 additions and 3 deletions

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@ -836,8 +836,8 @@ def get_validation_errors(outfile, app=None):
if f.prepopulate_from is not None and type(f.prepopulate_from) not in (list, tuple): if f.prepopulate_from is not None and type(f.prepopulate_from) not in (list, tuple):
e.add(opts, '"%s": prepopulate_from should be a list or tuple.' % f.name) e.add(opts, '"%s": prepopulate_from should be a list or tuple.' % f.name)
if f.choices: if f.choices:
if not type(f.choices) in (tuple, list): if not hasattr(f.choices, '__iter__'):
e.add(opts, '"%s": "choices" should be either a tuple or list.' % f.name) e.add(opts, '"%s": "choices" should be iterable (e.g., a tuple or list).' % f.name)
else: else:
for c in f.choices: for c in f.choices:
if not type(c) in (tuple, list) or len(c) != 2: if not type(c) in (tuple, list) or len(c) != 2:

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@ -445,7 +445,8 @@ empty value. If a field has ``blank=False``, the field will be required.
``choices`` ``choices``
~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
A list of 2-tuples to use as choices for this field. An iterable (e.g., a list or tuple) of 2-tuples to use as choices for this
field.
If this is given, Django's admin will use a select box instead of the If this is given, Django's admin will use a select box instead of the
standard text field and will limit choices to the choices given. standard text field and will limit choices to the choices given.
@ -481,6 +482,12 @@ or outside your model class altogether::
class Foo(models.Model): class Foo(models.Model):
gender = models.CharField(maxlength=1, choices=GENDER_CHOICES) gender = models.CharField(maxlength=1, choices=GENDER_CHOICES)
Finally, note that choices can be any iterable object -- not necessarily a
list or tuple. This lets you construct choices dynamically. But if you find
yourself hacking ``choices`` to be dynamic, you're probably better off using
a proper database table with a ``ForeignKey``. ``choices`` is meant for static
data that doesn't change much, if ever.
``core`` ``core``
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~