oh, nevermind, I misread the syntax spec for the order by clause
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Michael Manfre <[email protected]> wrote: > Each expression must be able to define it's own ordering because order_by > allows you to define a sort based upon multiple expressions. > > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Daniel Moisset <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I see everyone trying to put the direction (ascending vs decending) >> inside the expression, while it's actually a property of the ordering >> clause. Wouldn't it make more sense and avoid ambiguities to do: >> >> qs.order_by(..., descending=True) >> >> ? >> >> Then you can add functions (and even a __neg__ operator to fields mapped >> to SQL unary minus) and still have a clear separation of functions vs order >> direction. >> >> D. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Tim Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> My concern about the filter(foobar_lt=-F('baz')) issue is that it >>> violates the principle of least surprise: it will be accepted silently and >>> do something that nobody could expect unless they know a bit about the >>> internals. However, I think having some special case code in filter(), >>> annotate() and anything else that takes expressions would be OK. Provided >>> it throws some kind of exception, I think it resolves my concern. >>> >>> I'll go ahead and try to implement this using __neg__() to invert the >>> ordering. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/20cd8bd0-9d5d-4ed3-9748-1412188e6726%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/20cd8bd0-9d5d-4ed3-9748-1412188e6726%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CALuYSZVYnXHapfvf5SwPJxLYkxiv%3DTPyJg2XYGFVhCPSyc7Fgw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CALuYSZVYnXHapfvf5SwPJxLYkxiv%3DTPyJg2XYGFVhCPSyc7Fgw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAGdCwBuHBtQLsVEeftfZAVrx6hdZSvz9ED%3DMmjZvyg%2B--%3D6moQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAGdCwBuHBtQLsVEeftfZAVrx6hdZSvz9ED%3DMmjZvyg%2B--%3D6moQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CALuYSZX20zM5nvz%3DQVXShu4wR8_QgropHgjR_8ZxoRbcSfxaxQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
