Django models & Python class attributes
- by Geo
The tutorial on the django website shows this code for the models:
from django.db import models
class Poll(models.Model):
question = models.CharField(max_length=200)
pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')
class Choice(models.Model):
poll = models.ForeignKey(Poll)
choice = models.CharField(max_length=200)
votes = models.IntegerField()
Now, each of those attribute, is a class attribute, right? So, the same attribute should be shared by all instances of the class. A bit later, they present this code:
class Poll(models.Model):
# ...
def __unicode__(self):
return self.question
class Choice(models.Model):
# ...
def __unicode__(self):
return self.choice
How did they turn from class attributes into instance attributes? Did I get class attributes wrong?
