SmileyChris wrote:
> I've always just done this by doing:
> 
> MyForm(ModelForm)
>     model = MyModel
>     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
>         self.fields['name'].widget = Textarea()   # or whatever

You've forgot to call `super` :-). I know that it's only an example but 
it adds another line and also shows that such things can easily be 
forgotten in real code.

> Do we really need another way of doing this? Or am I overlooking
> something that this new method introduces?

I've addressed this exact thing my first email on subject, so quoting 
myself:

> Here the problem is that it has enough boilerplate code to be, shall we 
> say, not beautiful. And also it defeats nice declarative nature of a 
> ModelForm.

So, yes, it's not the end of the world but it's the same convenience as 
`fields` or `exclude` that all could be simulated in __init__.

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