REG: get_display_name function in the User model

[Anoop Thomas Mathew]

Hi,

Would like to get the views from the community on get_display_name() function in User model. This will be an advanced version of get_full_name() function which returns either the Firstname Lastname if available or fall-back gracefully to email and then to username; implemented in the django.contrib.auth.model.User model.

Ticket: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/24640
Pull Request: https://github.com/django/django/pull/4506

regards,

Anoop Thomas Mathew
+91 999 53 44 675

[Russell Keith-Magee]

Hi Anoop,

I agree with Tim and Markus' comments - you're proposing to implement
a specific behavior where there is no "clearly right" answer. This
strikes me as something that is entirely site-dependent logic. You
don't even need a custom user model - a template tag (or even a
filter) could do this for you if it's a common enough case for you.

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)

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[Anoop Thomas Mathew]

Point noted Russell.

Thank You for your comment.

On 21 April 2015 at 09:49, Russell Keith-Magee <rus...@keith-magee.com> wrote:

I agree with Tim and Markus' comments - you're proposing to implement
a specific behavior where there is no "clearly right" answer. This
strikes me as something that is entirely site-dependent logic. You
don't even need a custom user model - a template tag (or even a
filter) could do this for you if it's a common enough case for you.