Django ForeignKey field name “check” raises SystemCheckError

[Eric Palmitesta]

The Django docs (https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/topics/db/models/#field-name-restrictions) state there are only two restrictions on model field names:

1. A field name cannot be a Python reserved word
2. A field name cannot contain more than one underscore in a row

However, given the following example, it doesn't look like I can use the field name `check` as a ForeignKey.

    class Check(models.Model):


        name = models.CharField(max_length=100)


    class MyModel(models.Model):


        # this works fine
        #check = models.BooleanField()
       
        # this breaks
        check = models.ForeignKey(Check, on_delete=models.PROTECT, related_name='+')

Here's the error:

    $ python manage.py check
    SystemCheckError: System check identified some issues:


    ERRORS:
    myapp.MyModel: (models.E020) The 'MyModel.check()' class method is currently overridden by <django.db.models.fields.related_descriptors.ForwardManyToOneDescriptor object at 0x03A818D0>

Are the docs wrong, or am I doing something wrong?

This project is using Python 2 and Django 1.11

Here's the StackOverflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54681167/

[Tim Graham]

I believe the warning is incorrect. See https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/23615 for the disucssion.