add a "name" parameter to test client get() and post() methods

[Will Hardy]

Allow named url patterns to be entered directly into the test client's get() and post() methods for the sake of readability and to encourage use of named url paths.
For example, instead of:

        url = reverse('poll_edit', args=(24,))
        response = client.get(url)

It would become:

        response = client.get(name='poll_edit', args=(24,))

This may of course conflict with the direct passing of extra header information to get() and post()

[Will Hardy]

I can write the tests and a patch if people think this idea is worthwhile.

[Chris Beaven]

Interesting idea

[Russell Keith-Magee]

I'm afraid I don't see the benefit here. client.get() has a very clear and obvious API - it takes a URL. reverse() has a very clear and obvious API - it takes a name, and turns it into a URL. This change would require you to munge the API of client.get() and add a whole lot of messy error checking just so you can avoid typing 4 characters. This seems like a false economy to me.