django orm gotcha

gotcha.py

In [10]: SomeModel.objects.create(name='foo')
Out[10]: <SomeModel: SomeModel object>

In [11]: SomeModel.objects.create(name='bar')
Out[11]: <SomeModel: SomeModel object>

In [12]: SomeModel.objects.create(name='foo')
Out[12]: <SomeModel: SomeModel object>

In [13]: SomeModel.objects.distinct()
Out[13]: [<SomeModel: SomeModel object>, <SomeModel: SomeModel object>, <SomeModel: SomeModel object>]

In [14]: SomeModel.objects.values('name')
Out[14]: [{'name': u'foo'}, {'name': u'bar'}, {'name': u'foo'}]

In [15]: SomeModel.objects.distinct().values('name')
Out[15]: [{'name': u'foo'}, {'name': u'bar'}]