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POCan't use an inheriting Django model's Meta class to configure a field defined in an inherited abstract model
 

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    <p>I would like to use properties from an inheriting model's Meta class to configure a field defined in an abstract model higher up the inheritance tree:</p> <pre><code>class NamedModel(models.Model): class Meta: abstract = True verbose_name = 'object' name = models.CharField("Name", max_length=200, db_index=True, help_text="A meaningful name for this %s." % Meta.verbose_name) # see what I'm trying to do here? ) ... class OwnedModel(NamedModel): class Meta(NamedModel.Meta): verbose_name = 'owned object' </code></pre> <p>I would like the help text on the name field of OwnedModel forms to say 'A meaningful name for this owned object'. <strong>But it does not</strong>: the word 'owned' is missing, which would suggest that the verbose_name from the NamedModel.Meta is used when the model is set up, not OwnedModel.Meta.</p> <p>This isn't quite what I expect from an inheritance point of view: is there some way to get the field to be created whereby Meta.verbose_name refers to the value on the non-abstract model class, not the abstract one on which the field was defined?</p> <p>Or am I being daft?</p> <p>(This may seem like a trivial example, and it is: but it's just to illustrate the point of something more important and complex I am trying to do)</p> <p>Many thanks in advance.</p>
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