Re: Name for new function

On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, rasmus@lerdorf.on.ca wrote: > > db_layer? And that would be MySQL specific extension? Doesn't make much > > sense to me to introduce extension namespace pollution if it's only for > > 1 function that is database specific. > > I'd actually like to see this as part of Pear. Stig, have we progressed > to the point where a Pear module could include a shared extension? Being > able to easily move some key functions into a compiled shared extension > would be nice. It sort of muddles the division between user-space and > language-space though. And this db-layer stuff is definitely something > that shouldn't be part of the language itself, but on the other hand I > don't want to shut the doors on middle-layer functionality like this > either. The issue is where to put it. Yes, PEAR would be the right place for it. Stig? -Andrei Computer, if you don't open that exit hatch this moment I shall zap straight off to your major data banks and reprogram you with a very large axe. -- Douglas Adams / The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy