Define class attribute for django model

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I am trying to find a reasonable place to define a constant associated with Item, a self-defined django model. This constant needs to be accessible to instances of Item, as well as beyond the model class. My basic idea is to defined it as a class attribute for Item, but I am not sure how to do that for django model class. My intuition tells me to define it in the model's metadata, if doable. Is that the right way to do it?

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-28 19:48:47Z

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No.

class SomeModel(...):
  someconst = somevalue

answered Mar 28, 2012 at 19:48

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tamakisquare Over a year ago

but wouldn't that be an instance attribute instead? I thought attributes defined in django model are automatically instance attributes.

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

No. Instance attributes are created via a reference to an instance.

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