It would also be nice to have the definition for the base Field class listed on the Models reference page class Field(verbose_name="", null=False, etc.......)
Other classes like DateTimeField have their definition listed, so it would seem to make sense. class DateTimeField([auto_now=False, auto_now_add=False, **options]) On Jan 3, 10:22 am, Michael Elkins <m...@sigpipe.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 02, 2012 at 12:54:38PM -0800, Sepero wrote: > >I would like to suggest listing/displaying the Parent Class for > >classes on API pages like this- > >https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/models/fields/ > > >In part1 of the Django tutorial, it instructs to create a model like > >this- > >pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published') > > >While trying to look up what the argument 'date published' was > >supposed to assign, I was presented with this definition- > > I agree that it is not obvious in the tutorial what the first > argument is setting. It is documented elsewhere: > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/db/models/#verbose-field... > > >class DateTimeField([auto_now=False, auto_now_add=False, **options]) > > >In the description it vaguely indicates that DateTimeField is a child > >of DateField (which has the same definition), and I see no indication > >at all that DateField is a child of Field. > > The description says "Takes the same extra arguments as > DateField." I think all it implies is that it is similar to > DateField. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
