request.user returns a SimpleLazyObject, how do I “wake” it?

Question

I have the following method:

def _attempt(actor):
    if actor.__class__ != User:
        raise TypeError

Which is called from a view:

Answer 1

user= request.user._wrapped if hasattr(request.user,'_wrapped') else request.user

Then you use user instead of request.user.

This is similar to UsAaR33's answer, but a one-liner is nicer for converting the object.