RE: [PEAR-DEV] db abstraction: pass by reference versus return

Doh ... forgot to put he link to the MDB package in the mail: http://pear.php.net/package-info.php?pacid=54 Lukas > -----Original Message----- > From: Lukas Smith [mailto:smith@dybnet.de] > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 10:08 AM > To: 'Piotr Klaban'; pear-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PEAR-DEV] db abstraction: pass by reference versus return > > Ah sorry, > maybe I should have made this clearer: > I am talking about the new DB abstraction packages MDB > () > > So this will not affect current PEAR DB or Metabase users. > Moreover there is a wrapper for PEAR DB and Metabase that will ensure > BC. > > Therefore its really not all that much a question of how it used to be, > but how we want it to be in the future > > Best regards, > Lukas > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Piotr Klaban [mailto:makler+pear@man.torun.pl] > > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 8:33 AM > > To: pear-dev@lists.php.net > > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] db abstraction: pass by reference versus > return > > > > On Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 04:16:30PM +0200, Lukas Smith wrote: > > > The advantage of getting DB_OK on ok is that I could actually check > for > > > this instead of the more costly isError(). > > > > If this bahaviour would be changed, then all of the programs > > that uses DB would need rewrite. Then I am agains changing it. > > > > But if you decide to change anything so important in the future - > > let do it in the $_GET/$_POST way - the old behaviour ($HTTP_*_VARS in > > this case) > > is the option, and it should be the default option. > > In short: all old programs should still work, IMHO. > > > > Best regards, > > > > -- > > Piotr Klaban > > > > -- > > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php