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| -rw-r--r-- | rest_framework/fields.py | 3 | 
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
| diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py index 5955fa3f..e744b173 100644 --- a/rest_framework/fields.py +++ b/rest_framework/fields.py @@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ class CharField(WritableField):              if not self.allow_none:                  return ''              else: -                # return None implicity because smart_text(None) == 'None' +                # return None explicitly because smart_text(None) == 'None' +                # see #1834 for details                  return None          return smart_text(value) | 
