title: Should a HttpResponse's status_code attribute be an integer or a string?
body: <p>When I am creating a HttpResponse object, should I pass it a integer for the <code>status_code</code> attribute, or a string? I.e. <code>HttpResponse('401 Client Error', status=401)</code> vs. <code>HttpResponse('401 Client Error', status="401")</code></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/request-response/#django.http.HttpResponse.status_code" rel="nofollow">The documentation</a> is a generic descriptor, that doesn't give the type.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong>HttpResponse.status_code</strong></p>
    
    <p>The HTTP status code for the response.</p>
  </blockquote>