Compat fixes

rest_framework/compat.py

@@ -110,8 +110,18 @@ def get_concrete_model(model_cls):
         return model_cls
 
 
+# View._allowed_methods only present from 1.5 onwards
+if django.VERSION >= (1, 5):
+    from django.views.generic import View
+else:
+    from django.views.generic import View as DjangoView
+
+    class View(DjangoView):
+        def _allowed_methods(self):
+            return [m.upper() for m in self.http_method_names if hasattr(self, m)]
+
+
 # PATCH method is not implemented by Django
-from django.views.generic import View
 if 'patch' not in View.http_method_names:
     View.http_method_names = View.http_method_names + ['patch']
 

rest_framework/fields.py

@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ class BooleanField(Field):
     default_error_messages = {
         'invalid': _('`{input}` is not a valid boolean.')
     }
-    TRUE_VALUES = {'t', 'T', 'true', 'True', 'TRUE', '1', 1, True}
-    FALSE_VALUES = {'f', 'F', 'false', 'False', 'FALSE', '0', 0, 0.0, False}
+    TRUE_VALUES = set(('t', 'T', 'true', 'True', 'TRUE', '1', 1, True))
+    FALSE_VALUES = set(('f', 'F', 'false', 'False', 'FALSE', '0', 0, 0.0, False))
 
     def get_value(self, dictionary):
         if html.is_html_input(dictionary):
@@ -678,16 +678,16 @@ class ChoiceField(Field):
             for item in choices
         ]
         if all(pairs):
-            self.choices = {key: display_value for key, display_value in choices}
+            self.choices = dict([(key, display_value) for key, display_value in choices])
         else:
-            self.choices = {item: item for item in choices}
+            self.choices = dict([(item, item) for item in choices])
 
         # Map the string representation of choices to the underlying value.
         # Allows us to deal with eg. integer choices while supporting either
         # integer or string input, but still get the correct datatype out.
-        self.choice_strings_to_values = {
-            str(key): key for key in self.choices.keys()
-        }
+        self.choice_strings_to_values = dict([
+            (str(key), key) for key in self.choices.keys()
+        ])
 
         super(ChoiceField, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 

rest_framework/serializers.py

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ from django.core import validators
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import six
-from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
+from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
+from collections import namedtuple
 from rest_framework.compat import clean_manytomany_helptext
 from rest_framework.fields import empty, set_value, Field, SkipField
 from rest_framework.settings import api_settings
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@ class BaseSerializer(Field):
             if self.instance is not None:
                 self._data = self.to_primative(self.instance)
             elif self._initial_data is not None:
-                self._data = {
-                    field_name: field.get_value(self._initial_data)
+                self._data = dict([
+                    (field_name, field.get_value(self._initial_data))
                     for field_name, field in self.fields.items()
-                }
+                ])
             else:
                 self._data = self.get_initial()
         return self._data
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ class SerializerMetaclass(type):
             if hasattr(base, 'base_fields'):
                 fields = list(base.base_fields.items()) + fields
 
-        return OrderedDict(fields)
+        return SortedDict(fields)
 
     def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
         attrs['base_fields'] = cls._get_fields(bases, attrs)
@@ -180,10 +181,10 @@ class Serializer(BaseSerializer):
             field.bind(field_name, self, root)
 
     def get_initial(self):
-        return {
-            field.field_name: field.get_initial()
+        return dict([
+            (field.field_name, field.get_initial())
             for field in self.fields.values()
-        }
+        ])
 
     def get_value(self, dictionary):
         # We override the default field access in order to support
@@ -222,14 +223,14 @@ class Serializer(BaseSerializer):
 
         try:
             return self.validate(ret)
-        except ValidationError, exc:
+        except ValidationError as exc:
             raise ValidationError({'non_field_errors': exc.messages})
 
     def to_primative(self, instance):
         """
         Object instance -> Dict of primitive datatypes.
         """
-        ret = OrderedDict()
+        ret = SortedDict()
         fields = [field for field in self.fields.values() if not field.write_only]
 
         for field in fields:
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         # If `fields` is set on the `Meta` class,
         # then use only those fields, and in that order.
         if self.opts.fields:
-            fields = OrderedDict([
+            fields = SortedDict([
                 (key, fields[key]) for key in self.opts.fields
             ])
 
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         Return all the fields that should be serialized for the model.
         """
         info = modelinfo.get_field_info(self.opts.model)
-        ret = OrderedDict()
+        ret = SortedDict()
 
         serializer_url_field = self.get_url_field()
         if serializer_url_field:

rest_framework/utils/modelinfo.py

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 Helper functions for returning the field information that is associated
 with a model class.
 """
-from collections import namedtuple, OrderedDict
+from collections import namedtuple
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils import six
+from django.utils.datastructures import SortedDict
 import inspect
 
 FieldInfo = namedtuple('FieldResult', ['pk', 'fields', 'forward_relations', 'reverse_relations'])
@@ -45,12 +46,12 @@ def get_field_info(model):
         pk = pk.rel.to._meta.pk
 
     # Deal with regular fields.
-    fields = OrderedDict()
+    fields = SortedDict()
     for field in [field for field in opts.fields if field.serialize and not field.rel]:
         fields[field.name] = field
 
     # Deal with forward relationships.
-    forward_relations = OrderedDict()
+    forward_relations = SortedDict()
     for field in [field for field in opts.fields if field.serialize and field.rel]:
         forward_relations[field.name] = RelationInfo(
             field=field,
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ def get_field_info(model):
         )
 
     # Deal with reverse relationships.
-    reverse_relations = OrderedDict()
+    reverse_relations = SortedDict()
     for relation in opts.get_all_related_objects():
         accessor_name = relation.get_accessor_name()
         reverse_relations[accessor_name] = RelationInfo(