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@@ -578,27 +578,33 @@ Wait a minute. ``<Poll: Poll object>`` is, utterly, an unhelpful representation
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of this object. Let's fix that by editing the polls model (in the
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``polls/models.py`` file) and adding a
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:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` method to both ``Poll`` and
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-``Choice``::
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+``Choice``. On Python 3, simply replace ``__unicode__`` by ``__str__`` in the
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+following example::
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class Poll(models.Model):
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# ...
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- def __unicode__(self):
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+ def __unicode__(self): # Python 3: def __str__(self):
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return self.question
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class Choice(models.Model):
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# ...
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- def __unicode__(self):
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+ def __unicode__(self): # Python 3: def __str__(self):
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return self.choice_text
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-It's important to add :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` methods to
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-your models, not only for your own sanity when dealing with the interactive
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-prompt, but also because objects' representations are used throughout Django's
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-automatically-generated admin.
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+It's important to add :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` methods (or
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+:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__` on Python 3) to your models, not only
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+for your own sanity when dealing with the interactive prompt, but also because
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+objects' representations are used throughout Django's automatically-generated
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+admin.
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-.. admonition:: Why :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` and not
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+.. admonition:: :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` or
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:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__`?
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- If you're familiar with Python, you might be in the habit of adding
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+ On Python 3, things are simpler, just use
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+ :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__` and forget about
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+ :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__`.
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+
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+ If you're familiar with Python 2, you might be in the habit of adding
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:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__` methods to your classes, not
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:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` methods. We use
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:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` here because Django models deal
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