What is the most efficient way to store a list in the Django models?

Question

Currently I have a lot of python objects in my code similar to the following:

class MyClass():
  def __init__(self, name, friends):
      self.myName = name
         


        

Answer 1

Storing a list of strings in Django model:

class Bar(models.Model):
    foo = models.TextField(blank=True)

    def set_list(self, element):
        if self.foo:
            self.foo = self.foo + "," + element
        else:
            self.foo = element

    def get_list(self):
        if self.foo:
            return self.foo.split(",")
        else:
            None

and you can call it like this:

bars = Bar()
bars.set_list("str1")
bars.set_list("str2")
list = bars.get_list()
if list is not None:
    for bar in list:
        print bar
else:
    print "List is empty."