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@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ The register decorator
class PersonAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
pass
+ You can't use this decorator if you have to reference your model admin
+ class in its ``__init__()`` method, e.g.
+ ``super(PersonAdmin, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)``. If you are using
+ Python 3 and don't have to worry about supporting Python 2, you can
+ use ``super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)`` . Otherwise, you'll have to use
+ ``admin.site.register()`` instead of this decorator.
+
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