From 102e9068401a8122951aeee71968993a2d450f01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:46:45 +0100
Subject: Fix view_name argument to HyperlinkedIdentityField

---
 rest_framework/fields.py | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 449b7811..d7608723 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -379,10 +379,8 @@ class HyperlinkedIdentityField(Field):
     A field that represents the model's identity using a hyperlink.
     """
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        try:
-            self.view_name = kwargs.pop('view_name')
-        except:
-            raise ValueError("Hyperlinked field requires 'view_name' kwarg")
+        # TODO: Make this mandatory
+        self.view_name = kwargs.pop('view_name', None)
         super(HyperlinkedRelatedField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
     def field_to_native(self, obj, field_name):
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