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@@ -124,13 +124,16 @@ Model style
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=20)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=40)
+* If you define a ``__str__`` method (previously ``__unicode__`` before Python 3
+ was supported), decorate the model class with
+ :func:`~django.utils.encoding.python_2_unicode_compatible`.
+
* The order of model inner classes and standard methods should be as
follows (noting that these are not all required):
* All database fields
* Custom manager attributes
* ``class Meta``
- * ``def __unicode__()``
* ``def __str__()``
* ``def save()``
* ``def get_absolute_url()``