diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.txt index 8fed781a1c..28306849d8 100644 --- a/docs/releases/1.7.txt +++ b/docs/releases/1.7.txt @@ -1514,6 +1514,22 @@ As :class:`~collections.OrderedDict` was added to the standard library in Python 2.7, :class:`~django.utils.datastructures.SortedDict` is no longer needed and has been deprecated. +The two additional, deprecated methods provided by ``SortedDict`` (``insert()`` +and ``value_for_index()``) have been removed. If you relied on these methods to +alter structures like form fields, you should now treat these ``OrderedDict``\s +as immutable objects and override them to change their content. + +For example, you might want to override ``MyFormClass.base_fields`` (although +this attribute isn't considered a public API) to change the ordering of fields +for all ``MyFormClass`` instances; or similarly, you could override +``self.fields`` from inside ``MyFormClass.__init__()``, to change the fields +for a particular form instance. For example (from Django itself):: + + PasswordChangeForm.base_fields = OrderedDict( + (k, PasswordChangeForm.base_fields[k]) + for k in ['old_password', 'new_password1', 'new_password2'] + ) + Custom SQL location for models package ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~