Re: Improving speed (long)

> So IMHO the functionality could be splited in three parts: > > No Manipulation: query, get*, prep/exec, datatypes (default) > Manipulation: sequences, transactions > Extra: schema managment, cache > > The "how" question is more difficult to answer :-). I see some ways: > > 1) by aggregating methods as Stig proposed (cool as it can happen > automaticaly but no support for almost no PHP4 installations). > > 2) by extending and preselecting the mode (will need knowledge of what > is avaible in each mode but will be supported by all PHP4 releases). > > 3) by having different objects for the different modes and some kind of > "object manager" to create, comunicate and handle them (no need of > preselecting the mode, supported by all PHP4 releases but perhaps tricky > to code). > > > Tomas V.V.Cox Hi Tomas, Nice summary of the issues. Regarding "how": Aggregation (1) is an idea, but what about backward compat? Furthermore does anyone have benchmarks using it? For speed, I like (2) extending and preselecting using classes. Different classes in the same hierarchy could have different functionality. Eg. class MySQL_Primitives { } class MySQL_Standard extends MySQL_Primitives { } class MySQL_Extended extends MySQL_Standard { } The user just chooses which class to use, based on his/her needs. (3) I don't really see how an object manager really helps. The user should choose the mode, not the object manager. Regards, John