Tweak the 'load balancing' algorithm
In order to reduce contention we randomly skipped jobs, but this
caused many jobs to end up stopping early. Now instead we keep on
going until we time out (also increased the chance of doing work).
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
"""
22. Using properties on models
Use properties on models just like on any other Python object.
"""
from django.db import models
class Person(models.Model):
first_name = models.CharField(maxlength=30)
last_name = models.CharField(maxlength=30)
def _get_full_name(self):
return "%s %s" % (self.first_name, self.last_name)
def _set_full_name(self, combined_name):
self.first_name, self.last_name = combined_name.split(' ', 1)
full_name = property(_get_full_name)
full_name_2 = property(_get_full_name, _set_full_name)
__test__ = {'API_TESTS':"""
>>> a = Person(first_name='John', last_name='Lennon')
>>> a.save()
>>> a.full_name
'John Lennon'
# The "full_name" property hasn't provided a "set" method.
>>> a.full_name = 'Paul McCartney'
Traceback (most recent call last):
...
AttributeError: can't set attribute
# But "full_name_2" has, and it can be used to initialise the class.
>>> a2 = Person(full_name_2 = 'Paul McCartney')
>>> a2.save()
>>> a2.first_name
'Paul'
"""}