Impossible to overwrite column attributes in child class

[dyve]

Maybe we are missing something, but why does this happen?

class FooBaseTable(tables2.Table):
    key = tables2.Column(verbose_name=_('code'))
    name = tables2.Column(verbose_name=_('name'))


class FooTable1(FooBaseTable):
    pass


class FooTable2(FooBaseTable):
    key = None

Expected result:

• rendering a FooTable1 does show a column key.
• rendering a FooTable2 does not show a column key.

Result:

• both FooTable2 and FooTable2 show a column key.

Are we doing something wrong? Is this a bug or just very unpythonic? Feedback welcome.

[dyve]

Problem is really bugging us, so here is our suggestion for a fix.

[dyve]

@jieter this is blocking work on django-filter integration for us so if you can look at this with some prio we'd be much obliged.

[jieter]

I will have a look at it today