D for microservices

[rikki cattermole]

On 23/10/2017 11:02 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On 10/23/17 05:08, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> * Database drivers for the common databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite)
>> compatible with vibe.d
>> * Database driver abstraction on top of the above drivers, perhaps some
>> lightweight ORM library
> 
> I've been looking pretty extensively at these two items recently.
> 
> If the database drivers are compatible with Vibe.d AND we wish to 
> provide a common abstraction layer for them (presumably via Phobos) then 
> order for the abstraction layer to aware of the whether the driver is 
> making a blocking or non-blocking call we must include Vibe.D in the 
> abstraction layer. Ergo, we must include at least the vibe-core package 
> in Phobos, or more preferably, DRT.
> 
> I had heard noises about that a few months ago. Anything happening on 
> that front?
> 
> An event loop is a key piece of a project (Async/Await) that I want to 
> work on, and having it in DRuntime would make that project fantastically 
> simpler. IMHO, the bulk of the time required is in getting an event loop 
> into DRT, the rest is a LOT of relatively straightforward compiler 
> lowering.
> 
> IMHO, DRT is in significant need of an event loop system. This would 
> allow us to simplify a large number of problems (Async/Await, GUI's, IO, 
> etc). As near as I can tell, the problem isn't so much doing the work, 
> but getting the required sign-off's for inclusion into DRT.
> 
> Another problem that I've been made aware of is that vibe-core may not 
> be ideal in certain situations. As this would be landed in DRT itself 
> this would obviously need to be addressed.
> 
> What would the appetite be for working together to come up with a 
> reasonably generic event loop for DRT that vibe and other systems could 
> then leverage?
> 

*whispers* heyyy, heard about SPEW[0]?

[0] 
https://github.com/Devisualization/spew/blob/master/src/base/cf/spew/event_loop/defs.d