Fixed #19211 -- Adapted tutorial for Python 3

of this object. Let's fix that by editing the polls model (in the

``polls/models.py`` file) and adding a

:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` method to both ``Poll`` and

``Choice``::

``Choice``. On Python 3, simply replace ``__unicode__`` by ``__str__`` in the

following example::

    class Poll(models.Model):

        # ...

        def __unicode__(self):

        def __unicode__(self):  # Python 3: def __str__(self):

            return self.question

    class Choice(models.Model):

        # ...

        def __unicode__(self):

        def __unicode__(self):  # Python 3: def __str__(self):

            return self.choice_text

It's important to add :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` methods to

your models, not only for your own sanity when dealing with the interactive

prompt, but also because objects' representations are used throughout Django's

automatically-generated admin.

It's important to add :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` methods (or

:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__` on Python 3) to your models, not only

for your own sanity when dealing with the interactive prompt, but also because

objects' representations are used throughout Django's automatically-generated

admin.

.. admonition:: Why :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` and not

.. admonition:: :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` or

                :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__`?

    If you're familiar with Python, you might be in the habit of adding

    On Python 3, things are simpler, just use

    :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__` and forget about

    :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__`.

    If you're familiar with Python 2, you might be in the habit of adding

    :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__str__` methods to your classes, not

    :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` methods. We use

    :meth:`~django.db.models.Model.__unicode__` here because Django models deal