Hi Daryl,I agree and disagree with you, it depends on place and context of
using "pk" alias :)I am not sure if it is good in filter and as object
attribute. For our internal use we could use "_pk" or other name.You motivated
me to check one thing.class Car(models.Model): pk =
models.IntegerField(primary_key=True)(fields.E003) 'pk' is a reserved word that
cannot be used as a field name.That is because we implicity create "pk" field
(what is against The Zen of Python - Explicit is better than implicit ;)) and
it is used in public api and internally.Basic idea, introduced at the beginning
of Django (16 years ago), assumes that every table has primary key. What is not
true in real life.If we released this, developers could create (if they like
generic):class ModelA(models.Model): pk =
models.IntegerField(primary_key=True, db_column="id")class
ModelB(models.Model): pk = models.CharField(max_length=10,
primary_key=True, db_column="name")class
ModelC(models.Model): pk =
models.DateTimeField(primary_key=True, db_column="created_on")and can filter by
"pk" or use as object attribute as they do now.This is more flexible from our
point of view. This also allow create models without prlmary key. Models could
have method or property "has_primary_key" that will return True or Falseor
"get_primary_key" which could return None if PK doesn't exist otherwise
dictionary {<field name>: <field value>}. I think that something
like this is used internally. Of course it would involve changes in other parts
of Django like generic views, admin panel etc. But step by step we could
improve it.Until we allow users use "pk" alias, created implicity, in filters
(public orm api) and as object attribute we have hands tied.
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