Ordering of code

[Michael Starr]

Does anyone know why in django models (and I don't know how it is in etc. python), you can define a function below, and use it above in the code, but a class can't reference a class defined later in the code, or it won't find it?

That seems like beyond stupid to me.

Michael

[David Nugent]

Both are related to the python language, nothing Django specific about them.

This may help (not in explaining so much as demonstrating workarounds):

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4162456/forward-declaration-of-classes

https://erdantic.drivendata.org/v0.4/forward-references/

Regards,

/d

------ Original Message ------

From "Michael Starr" <starr...@gmail.com>

To "Django users" <django...@googlegroups.com>

Date 3/4/2023 7:43:18 AM

Subject Ordering of code

Does anyone know why in django models (and I don't know how it is in etc. python), you can define a function below, and use it above in the code, but a class can't reference a class defined later in the code, or it won't find it?

That seems like beyond stupid to me.

Michael

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[Michael Starr]

Thank you, David.

Michael