This looks like some sort of error in your environment; I can't reproduce it::
$ ./manage.py shell In [1]: import decimal In [2]: class F(object): ...: d = decimal.Decimal('0') ...: In [3]: $ ipython In [1]: import decimal In [2] >>> class F(object): ...: d = decimal.Decimal('0') ...: In [3]: Jacob On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Yo-Yo Ma <baxterstock...@gmail.com> wrote: > The following gist demonstrates a strange phenomenon, which occurs when I > use ``python manage.py shell``, but not when I use ``ipython`` alone. > > https://gist.github.com/f8c2fd97647de90d915a > > I'm not certain whether this is a known issue, or whether it's even a Django > bug, but certainly nothing of the sort occurs in iPython when used alone. > This occurs with ANY name. I first noticed it when I tried to create a form, > and there was a name error on ``forms`` on the line of my first field > declaration. > > IPython 0.12.1 > Python 2.7.2 (v2.7.2:8527427914a2, Jun 11 2011, 15:22:34) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/-/0IjXTJb6WFYJ. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.