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Brad Fults  
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 More options Mar 20 2007, 1:20 pm
From: "Brad Fults" <bfu...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:20:41 -0700
Local: Tues, Mar 20 2007 1:20 pm
Subject: max_length vs. maxlength
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In the newforms module, certain Fields have max_length and min_length
attributes [1]. This seems strange because the models API uses
maxlength [2] (note the lack of underscore), as does HTML [3], seen
when creating Widgets in newforms.

Is there a specific reason that newforms' Fields are using an
inconsistent name? If not, I suggest that these all be normalized to
"maxlength" and "minlength".

Thanks.

[1] - http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/newforms/fi...
[2] - http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model_api/#charfield
[3] - http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-maxlength

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James Bennett  
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From: "James Bennett" <ubernost...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:27:13 -0500
Local: Tues, Mar 20 2007 1:27 pm
Subject: Re: max_length vs. maxlength
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On 3/20/07, Brad Fults <bfu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a specific reason that newforms' Fields are using an
> inconsistent name? If not, I suggest that these all be normalized to
> "maxlength" and "minlength".

Actually, the plan over the next couple releases is to normalize to
"max_length" everywhere; we'll probably start out by supporting either
version on models, and then deprecate "maxlength" and remove it
eventually.

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SmileyChris  
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 More options Mar 20 2007, 3:12 pm
From: "SmileyChris" <smileych...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:12:47 -0700
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Subject: Re: max_length vs. maxlength
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On Mar 21, 5:27 am, "James Bennett" <ubernost...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 3/20/07, Brad Fults <bfu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Is there a specific reason that newforms' Fields are using an
> > inconsistent name? If not, I suggest that these all be normalized to
> > "maxlength" and "minlength".

> Actually, the plan over the next couple releases is to normalize to
> "max_length" everywhere; we'll probably start out by supporting either
> version on models, and then deprecate "maxlength" and remove it
> eventually.

This even has a ticket which (although I think is pretty solid) could
probably do with some real-world testing!
http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/2101

So if you want to help out with this normalization Brad (or anyone
else), patch your local copy with that and report back.


 
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Adrian Holovaty  
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 More options Mar 20 2007, 3:14 pm
From: "Adrian Holovaty" <holov...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:14:21 -0500
Local: Tues, Mar 20 2007 3:14 pm
Subject: Re: max_length vs. maxlength
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On 3/20/07, Brad Fults <bfu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In the newforms module, certain Fields have max_length and min_length
> attributes [1]. This seems strange because the models API uses
> maxlength [2] (note the lack of underscore), as does HTML [3], seen
> when creating Widgets in newforms.

> Is there a specific reason that newforms' Fields are using an
> inconsistent name? If not, I suggest that these all be normalized to
> "maxlength" and "minlength".

Hey Brad,

This thread will answer your question:

http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/a4e0...

Adrian

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Brad Fults  
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 More options Mar 20 2007, 5:03 pm
From: "Brad Fults" <bfu...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:03:40 -0700
Local: Tues, Mar 20 2007 5:03 pm
Subject: Re: max_length vs. maxlength
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On Mar 20, 12:14 pm, "Adrian Holovaty" <holov...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Brad,

> This thread will answer your question:

> http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/a4e0...

> Adrian

OK, at least it's an intended change. :)

Though, now I'm concerned that max_length on the Field is different
from maxlength (the HTML attribute) on the Widget, which are
frequently specified *right next to* one another. This seems
undesirable.

Thoughts?

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SmileyChris  
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 More options Mar 20 2007, 9:18 pm
From: "SmileyChris" <smileych...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:18:14 -0000
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Subject: Re: max_length vs. maxlength
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On Mar 21, 9:03 am, "Brad Fults" <bfu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Though, now I'm concerned that max_length on the Field is different
> from maxlength (the HTML attribute) on the Widget, which are
> frequently specified *right next to* one another. This seems
> undesirable.

It's not that "frequent" that you have to explicitly specify the
maxlength html attribute - CharField sets it for you automatically.

 
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