On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > You might want to check the date on that thread before you pull it in > > for moral support. > > If you bothered taking a look at the thread, you would have seen that > the decision to keep the pluralize simple was discussed and probably > introduced as the way forward at the time. Hence my reference. (Below > the belt Russ! :-))
If you felt my comment was below the belt, I apologize. It wasn't intended as such. I did look at the thread, and I stand by my point. The discussion you reference was from a time when pluralization was important for different reasons. Pre-magic removal (the time from which that thread comes), the plural name was used as part of the API - i.e., you didn't ask for Entry.objects.all(), you said entries.get_list(). As a result, the pluralization process was an important part of the API, so getting pluralization right was important. The magic removal process turned pluralization into almost entirely a presentation issue. The requirements of pluralization in the API are quite different to those at the presentation layer. There is a side discussion in the thread about adding pluralize as a class method. I suspect that this was also on the table for pre-magic-removal reasons - back in the day, there were limitations on your ability to associate methods with models. Since the magic has been removed, this is no longer an issue - if you want to put a pluralize() method on your models to assist with rendering, you are free to do so. Regardless, the context for that discussion is quite different to the context of this current discussion. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
