[Django] #36523: Implement helper method to find module path of value

[Django]

#36523: Implement helper method to find module path of value
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Reporter: Jake Howard | Type:
| Cleanup/optimization
Status: new | Component:
| Uncategorized
Version: | Severity: Normal
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
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Finding the module path for where a given class or function is defined is
functionality used in a few places across the Django codebase. Whilst in
the majority of cases, `f"{val.__module__}.{val.__qualname__}"` is enough,
there are some cases it's not.

As part of #35859, a few more cases of this pattern are being added to the
codebase. I think we're now at the [point
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_three_(computer_programming)] where
it makes sense to extract this out to a helper function somewhere in
`django.utils`. The implementation in
`django.migrations.serializer.TypeSerializer` seems to be the most robust,
however will want some more thorough testing based on different input
types.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36523>
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[Django]

#36523: Implement helper method to find module path of value
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Reporter: Jake Howard | Owner: (none)
Type: | Status: new
Cleanup/optimization |
Component: Uncategorized | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:

Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by Jake Howard):

Probably worth holding off on this ticket until #35859 is merged, so all
uses can be covered.
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36523#comment:1>

[Django]

#36523: Implement helper method to find module path of value
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Reporter: Jake Howard | Owner: (none)
Type: | Status: new
Cleanup/optimization |

Component: Utilities | Version: dev

Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage:

| Someday/Maybe

Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0

Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Natalia Bidart):

* component: Uncategorized => Utilities
* easy: 1 => 0
* stage: Unreviewed => Someday/Maybe
* version: => dev

Comment:

Thank you Jake for creating the ticket. Could please enumerate the
locations of where this functionality is found?
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36523#comment:2>

[Django]

#36523: Implement helper method to find module path of value
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Reporter: Jake Howard | Owner:

Type: | shrutisachan08
Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned

Component: Utilities | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Someday/Maybe
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by shrutisachan08):

* owner: (none) => shrutisachan08
* status: new => assigned

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36523#comment:3>

[Django]

#36523: Implement helper method to find module path of value
-------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
Reporter: Jake Howard | Owner:
Type: | shrutisachan08
Cleanup/optimization | Status: assigned
Component: Utilities | Version: dev
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Triage Stage:
| Someday/Maybe
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Jake Howard):

* cc: Jake Howard (added)

Comment:

That sounds like the right approach to me - thanks for picking this up!
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/36523#comment:4>