Added get_<choice>_display function to ChoiceNum to easily display human readable option label.

model_utils/__init__.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class ChoiceEnum(object):
         for i, choice in enumerate(self.equalize(choices)):
             self._choices += ((i, choice[0]),)
             self._iter_choices += ((i, choice[1]),)
+            self.set_display(choice[0], choice[1])
         self._choice_dict = dict(self._choices)
         self._reverse_dict = dict(((i[1], i[0]) for i in self._choices))
 
@@ -44,6 +45,9 @@ class ChoiceEnum(object):
             else:
                 yield (choice, choice)
 
+    def set_display(self, name, value):
+        setattr(self, 'get_%s_display' % name.lower(), lambda: value)
+
     def __iter__(self):
         return iter(self._iter_choices)
 

model_utils/tests/test_settings.py

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'model_utils',
     'model_utils.tests',
-    )
+)
 
 DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'
 

model_utils/tests/tests.py

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ class ChoiceEnumTests(TestCase):
     def test_iteration(self):
         self.assertEquals(tuple(self.STATUS), ((0, 'DRAFT'), (1, 'PUBLISHED')))
 
+    def test_display(self):
+        self.assertEquals(self.STATUS.get_draft_display(), 'DRAFT')
 
 class LabelChoiceEnumTests(ChoiceEnumTests):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ class LabelChoiceEnumTests(ChoiceEnumTests):
     def test_iteration(self):
         self.assertEquals(tuple(self.STATUS), ((0, 'draft'), (1, 'published'), (2, 'DELETED')))
 
+    def test_display(self):
+        self.assertEquals(self.STATUS.get_deleted_display(), 'DELETED')
 
 class InheritanceCastModelTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):