#26977: Instantiating an abstract model with a string ForeignKey fails with
TypeError: isinstance() arg 2 must be a class, type, or tuple of classes
and types
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Reporter: teeberg | Owner: nobody
Type: Cleanup/optimization | Status: new
Component: Documentation | Version: 1.9
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 1
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by charettes):
Replying to [comment:3 timgraham]:
> How about raising a helpful message saying that abstract models can't be
instantiated?
Raising a `TypeError` with an helpful message in Django 1.11+ could be
useful but I don't think it should be backported at this point.
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