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Re: Problem with computed default values

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Camptocamp SA, Simone Orsi
- 11/04/2016 17:24:27 
Hi,

yes, the fact is that the default is calculated once per-model instead
of per-instance.

I'm happy I'm not the only one to consider this insane :)

Anyway, a possible  workaround is to use `@api.onchange` because this
is triggered even when the form gets loaded the 1st time.

HTH,
S.


On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Daniel Reis <dgreis@sapo.pt> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm in need of some expert help.
>
> I added a field to a model, to be used as a random unique identifier:
>      token = fields.Char('Token', default=lambda s: str(uuid.uuid4()))
>
> The problem is that, the already existing records all got the same exact
> uuid.
> It seems that the lambda is evaluated once, before a mass update,
> instead of per record, as I expected.
>
> Am I missing something?
> Thanks for any help.
>
> --
> Daniel Reis
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