RFC: mysql-native - Supporting both Vibe.d and Phobos sockets

[Nathan M. Swan]

On Sunday, 12 May 2013 at 21:16:33 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> There is need for mysql-native
> <https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/mysql-native> to support 
> both
> Vibe.d's sockets and Phobos sockets.
>
> Since Phobos's and Vibe.d's sockets have incompatible APIs, my 
> design
> converts most of the types in mysql-native into templates. For 
> example,
> 'Connection' becomes either 'Connection!mySQLSocketVibeD' or
> 'Connection!mySQLSocketPhobos'. The type 'Command' becomes 
> either
> 'Command!mySQLSocketVibeD' or 'Connection!mySQLSocketPhobos'. 
> And the
> same goes for most other types, such as Row, ResultSet, etc.
>

Does "incompatible APIs" preclude a design like this?

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interface MysqlSocket {
     // ...
}

class PhobosSocket : MysqlSocket {
     this(std.socket.Socket _backend) {
         // ...
     }
     // ...
}

class VibeSocket : MysqlSocket {
     this(vibe.core.net.TCPConnection _backend) {
         // ...
     }
}
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Sorry if I've overlooked anything obvious,
NMS