Babak, It shouldn't matter. Take a look at django.core.meta.__init__ manipulator_methods[k[len(MANIPULATOR_FUNCTIONS_PREFIX):]] = v and _reassign_globals(manipulator_methods, new_mod, new_mod.__dict__['AddManipulator']) _reassign_globals(manipulator_methods, new_mod, new_mod.__dict__['ChangeManipulator'])
will add the validator methods to your default Manipulators. But have you tried it? You should be able to at least see if it is being called with some print statements -rob
