Re: [SQLHat] Proposal

> You should not doubt that I've considered the usefulness of SQLHat and > the project is a result from my considerable experience as a > developer. I started the project to make my life easier and then I > decided to share it so that I make other developers's life easier. I don't doubt that. > Yes, we can use heredocs but that doesn't solve all the problems. I'd > summarize my points. The main problem comes from the fact that the > SQL-code is mixed with the program code. Yes, people like "templates" to avoid such a problem. > I'll try to extend the idea and go beyond the "perceived usefulness" > by providing a snapshot of the extension, the way I see it. I would be > thankful for any remarks. I know that I sounded a bit weird when I was talking about perceived usefulness; what I was trying to say was that, based on my experience, I don't know many developers that would go for this, and that it sounds like something that could be acheived (in essence) using a few lines of PHP code. I know that writing an extension will make it faster (probably not that much, to be honest), but aside from that, it feels a bit like overkill. So, *my* perceived usefulness of SQLHat isn't particularly high. I was tempted to call a vote, but remembered what I've said on this list in the past. So, rather than call a vote, I'm not going to say anything about this extension except for this: Have a go at writing the extension, feel free to ask questions about that here. When you're done, compare how well it works to the PHP class library, do a couple of benchmarks and so on. If you're still sure that the extension really is worth your time to maintain, and that other people will really get a lot of mileage out of it, then we can put it into PECL. > Considering the license I'm eager to discuss the issue. The PHP license is the "best" as far as we are concerned; please take a look at the pecl-dev archives for more information about licensing. --Wez.