Re: Class based views: A standard hook for http-method-independent code

If the super call changes any data then by the time you've run whatever code comes after the super call, the changes have already occured. - If you wait to call super before running your own code, then request, args, and kwargs are not available on the request, so anything that depends

Re: proposal: post-collectstatic signal

On 14/11/12 03:43, Justin Holmes wrote: > My only concern is that we'll limit our audience by requiring users to > use a specific STATICFILES_STORAGE. What if they're already using a > custom one? One solution is to have your own COLDBREW_STATICFILES_STORAGE_BACKEND setting, which can be used

Re: Feature Request: Support for abstract models in ModelForm

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 7:04 PM, Rohit Banga wrote: > I have some abstract models and I have created several concrete > implementations of each of these models. The usecase is create multiple sets > of tables across each having the same set of fields. When I use abstract

Re: Class based views: A standard hook for http-method-independent code

Hmm, ok, so that is only and issue if you don’t know the side effects calling super when dealing with non django provided views - and you can still pre-process request before calling super. So at the moment I can understand the appeal of init() as shown in the example but fail to see where I

Re: Class based views: A standard hook for http-method-independent code

For example, you miss Http404 and other error responses, which are implemented as exceptional control flow. In addition, you can't do any preprocessing of the request; for example, you can't set up any invariants before your actual view method is called. Best, Alex Ogier On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at

Re: Class based views: A standard hook for http-method-independent code

Can you elaborate the nasty side effects you are thinking of? I can’t think of any that that the base views do to warrant your statement. From: Aaron Merriam Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 3:12 PM To: django-developers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Class based views: A standard hook for

Re: #16779 - a tutorial for first time Django contributors

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm made some updates based on these suggestions, please see the ticket: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16779 On Sunday, November 11, 2012 5:50:18 PM UTC-5, Daniele Procida wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012, Tim Graham > wrote: > >