[1.6.x] Fixed #23817 -- Updated docs on QuerySet evaluation

Removed inaccurate info about partial evaluation after refs #18702.
Added information on modifying sliced QuerySets; refs #22503.

Backport of 327df551e8 from master
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Michal Petrucha 2014-11-13 19:59:00 +01:00 committed by Tim Graham
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@ -39,7 +39,12 @@ You can evaluate a ``QuerySet`` in the following ways:
``QuerySet`` usually returns another unevaluated ``QuerySet``, but Django
will execute the database query if you use the "step" parameter of slice
syntax, and will return a list. Slicing a ``QuerySet`` that has been
evaluated (partially or fully) also returns a list.
evaluated also returns a list.
Also note that even though slicing an unevaluated ``QuerySet`` returns
another unevaluated ``QuerySet``, modifying it further (e.g., adding
more filters, or modifying ordering) is not allowed, since that does not
translate well into SQL and it would not have a clear meaning either.
* **Pickling/Caching.** See the following section for details of what
is involved when `pickling QuerySets`_. The important thing for the
@ -63,11 +68,6 @@ You can evaluate a ``QuerySet`` in the following ways:
entry_list = list(Entry.objects.all())
Be warned, though, that this could have a large memory overhead, because
Django will load each element of the list into memory. In contrast,
iterating over a ``QuerySet`` will take advantage of your database to
load data and instantiate objects only as you need them.
* **bool().** Testing a ``QuerySet`` in a boolean context, such as using
``bool()``, ``or``, ``and`` or an ``if`` statement, will cause the query
to be executed. If there is at least one result, the ``QuerySet`` is