[RFC] - mysql-native rewrite

[simendsjo]

On Tuesday, 1 October 2013 at 08:05:29 UTC, ilya-stromberg wrote:
> On Monday, 30 September 2013 at 18:14:13 UTC, simendsjo wrote:
>> On Monday, 30 September 2013 at 16:27:16 UTC, Brad Anderson 
>> wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 28 September 2013 at 16:39:27 UTC, simendsjo 
>>> wrote:
>>>> I've been working on a more or less complete rewrite of the 
>>>> mysql-native module.
>>>
>>> I don't have any specific comments.  Just want to say that 
>>> Steve Teale originally wrote the module as part of his 
>>> std.database efforts.  I think it would be nice if any 
>>> redesign done would aim for eventual phobos inclusion.
>>
>> I don't agree that this library should aim for any inclusion 
>> in phobos. I plan on exposing the MySQL API as closely as 
>> possible and a couple of higher level convenience functions. 
>> The std.database would have to be database agnostic, and 
>> should be a library interfacing to mysql-native, postgres etc.
>>
>> We should contact the author of ddbc for input: 
>> https://github.com/buggins/ddbc
>
> No, you are wrong. We need both low-level and high-level API,
> Low-level API like mysql-native driver should present a 
> specific database as much as possible and provide access to all 
> database features.
> High-level API like ORM HibernateD must provide common API for 
> all databases, but it can't present all database specific 
> features due database differences.
> So, I can use low-level API if I need access to all database 
> specific features. I can use high-level API if I need common 
> API for all databases.

That was my point.