1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
index f80762f0..50a5f5a4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import datetime, pickle
+import datetime
+import pickle
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.tests.models import (Album, ActionItem, Anchor, BasicModel,
@@ -727,23 +728,39 @@ class SerializerPickleTests(TestCase):
                 fields = ('name', 'age')
         pickle.dumps(InnerPersonSerializer(Person(name="Noah", age=950)).data)
 
+
 class DepthTest(TestCase):
-    def test_depth(self):
-        user = Person.objects.create(name="django",age=1)
-        post = BlogPost.objects.create(title="Test blog post", writer=user)
+    def test_implicit_nesting(self):
+        writer = Person.objects.create(name="django", age=1)
+        post = BlogPost.objects.create(title="Test blog post", writer=writer)
+
+        class BlogPostSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            class Meta:
+                model = BlogPost
+                depth = 1
+
+        serializer = BlogPostSerializer(instance=post)
+        expected = {'id': 1, 'title': u'Test blog post',
+                    'writer': {'id': 1, 'name': u'django', 'age': 1}}
+
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+    def test_explicit_nesting(self):
+        writer = Person.objects.create(name="django", age=1)
+        post = BlogPost.objects.create(title="Test blog post", writer=writer)
 
         class PersonSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
             class Meta:
                 model = Person
-                fields = ("name", "age")
 
         class BlogPostSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            writer = PersonSerializer()
+
             class Meta:
                 model = BlogPost
-                depth = 1
 
         serializer = BlogPostSerializer(instance=post)
         expected = {'id': 1, 'title': u'Test blog post',
-                    'writer': {'id': 1, 'name': u'django', 'age':1}}
+                    'writer': {'id': 1, 'name': u'django', 'age': 1}}
 
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)