Why is id=num acceptable as a field lookup in django?

Question

Like we can see here:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.6/ref/models/querysets/#get

Entry.objects.get(id='foo')

Shouldn't only Entry.objects.get(id__exact='foo') acceptable? Can we substitute id with other fields like get(name='bar')?

Answer 1

And a little deeper in...

If you don’t provide a lookup type – that is, if your keyword argument doesn’t contain a double underscore – the lookup type is assumed to be exact.

And yes, you can use any field you can provide an equivalent Python type for.