Re: DBM Compatibility layer

On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 20:08, Martin Jansen wrote: > On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:00:22 -0500 (CDT), Brent Cook wrote: > > > While I don't have it completely up to PEAR standards yet, I would like > >your opinions on a DBM compatibility layer for PEAR. What I'm proposing is > >something to go between the dbm functions in PEAR and an application to > >smooth out inconsistencies between DBM implementations, sort of like DB > >does for SQL databases but more like the anydbm module in Python > >http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-anydbm.html > > Do you think that it could API-wise fit in the structure of > PEAR::DB? IMO integrating the code into PEAR::DB would be much > nicer than making it an independent package. PEAR DB drivers may be independent packages, and this one should be if implemented as such. Now that there's DB_ldap and more similar DB backends are starting to pop up, writing an generic SQL92 parser in lex/yacc/C is starting to make sense. - Stig