Hello, another solution may be to patch your models in the migration module or class, like:
import myapp.models myapp.models.valid_identifier = something_acceptable() Although it seems a bit ugly, I just tested it, and it works. This way valid_identifier will live during the migration only. Best, Gergely On 27 Feb 2015 21:17, "Luis Masuelli" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks :D Did not think about squashing migrations as solution for this > problem! But it does the job. > OTOH the fact about historical models has nothing to do with my problem > (since it is not related at all with instancing a model, but just about the > definition and not getting a NameError). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" 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-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/15bb8a96-18a5-432c-afeb-7a3299ca7a4d%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/15bb8a96-18a5-432c-afeb-7a3299ca7a4d%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 users" 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-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CACczBUJz9A%2ByKxTkP-prtfXihoSudM6V0HLD_mXUZTu2yQqjkg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

