Commit ac4d82b9 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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Fixed #9913 - Clarified User.is_authenticated docs.

Thanks rshea for the draft text.
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@@ -111,10 +111,14 @@ Methods

    .. method:: is_authenticated()

        Always returns ``True``. This is a way to tell if the user has been
        authenticated. This does not imply any permissions, and doesn't check
        if the user is active - it only indicates that the user has provided a
        valid username and password.
        Always returns ``True`` (as opposed to
        ``AnonymousUser.is_authenticated()`` which always returns ``False``).
        This is a way to tell if the user has been authenticated. This does not
        imply any permissions, and doesn't check if the user is active - it
        only indicates that ``request.user`` has been populated by the
        :class:`~django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware` with
        a :class:`~django.contrib.auth.models.User` object representing the
        currently logged-in user.

    .. method:: get_full_name()