Hi everyone, I submitted a pull request implementing "first()" and "last()" here: https://github.com/django/django/pull/1054
Comments welcome! Best, Selwin On Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:34:16 AM UTC+7, Wim Feijen wrote: > > Hi all, > > We struggled to get a proper definition for a first() and last() method > vs. earliest() and latest() . I'd like to make one proposal. After that, I > really like your opinion on which syntax you prefer. > > First, let me give you a lenghty introduction. We discussed several use > cases on this mailing > list<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!searchin/django-developers/get_default/django-developers/3RwDxWKPZ_A/mPtAlQ2b0DwJ>. > > Then, I realized that: > > .filter(last_name__startswith='b').order_by('last_name').first() > is an acceptable compromise for me to use in stead of: > .first(last_name__startswith='b').order_by('last_name') > > Last weekend Aymeric explained to me that earliest can actually accomplish > the same: > .filter(last_name__startswith='b').earliest('last_name') > > Then, I find "earliest" an inappropriate name, because it does not > describe functioning well. > > Therefore, my proposal is, if we are going to implement the earliest and > latest method, we should definitely rename them to: first and latest. > > After that, there is only one question left: > > Which style do you prefer? > > .filter(last_name__startswith='b').order_by('last_name').first() # > clear and long > .first(last_name__startswith='b').order_by('last_name') # first method > has filter syntax. > .filter(last_name__startswith='b').first('last_name') # first method has > order_by syntax. > > So, what do you think? > > Best regards, > > Wim > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
