Please look at my bug ticket on Launchpad : https:// bugs.launchpad.net/openobject-addons/+bug/1301474?comments=all (It was finally not a bug).

You need to initialize the variable in _init, otherwise the foreach will not find it. Exemple :

init: function (field_manager, node) {
    this._super(field_manager, node);
    this.votes = [];
},

start: function() {
    this._super();
    this.votes = ["test", "test"]; //this.get('value');
},

Hi, I'm facing the same problem as described on the top, but your solution doesnt work for me. Please help. this is my xml:

<code>

openerp.oepetstore = function(instance, local) {
    var _t = instance.web._t,
        _lt = instance.web._lt;
    var QWeb = instance.web.qweb;

    // standard widget for our page
    local.HomePage = instance.Widget.extend({
        className: 'oe_petstore_homepage',
        template: "HomePageTemplate",                                    // load template from xml (possibility no 1 - standard)
        
        init: function(parent) {
            this._super(parent);
            this.name = "Mordecai";
            this.votes = [];
        },
        
        start: function() {
            this._super();
            this.votes = ["test", "test"]; //this.get('value');
        },
    });
        
    // registers our basic widget as a client action
    instance.web.client_actions.add('petstore.homepage', 'instance.oepetstore.HomePage');    
}

</code>