TagField is Not Added to __dict__

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For some reason the tag fields is not added to the model instance __dict__ 
attribute.  

>>> from netcasts.models import Episode
>>> e = Episode.objects.get(pk=1)
>>> e.__dict__['tags']
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
KeyError: 'tags'
>>> e.__dict__['pub_date']
datetime.datetime(2007, 10, 16, 22, 0)
>>> 

 This makes it difficult to pass a __dict__ to a newform class for a bound form.  Instead the 
workaround is to do this:

form = EpisodeForm(dict(e.__dict__, tags=e.tags))

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mtr...@gmail.com on 30 Nov 2007 at 2:35

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This isn't guaranteed to even be consistent with Django any longer. I'd 
recommend using other approaches such 
as model_to_dict in django.forms.models.

Original comment by bros...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2010 at 9:45

• Changed state: WontFix