Re: [Ocaml-lib-devel] Dbi in ExtLib

["Nicolas Cannasse" <warplayer@free.fr>]

> On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 02:52:48PM +0200, Nicolas Cannasse wrote:
> > For the future, you could maybe remove the DBI module from ocamldbi ?
>
> I'm confused.  OcamlDBI *IS* DBI.  Why would an end user look to ExtLib
> instead of OcamlDBI for that module?  Wouldn't it complicate efforts of
> the OcamlDBI authors to evolve the system?  Also, since the DBI module
> can't actually do anything without the OcamlDBI installation, what point
> is there to having it in ExtLib?
>
> -- John

The idea was that the DBI module was standard common interface for accessing
databases, and that OCamlDBI would provide accesses to some supported
databases, while other people might provide other implementations for other
databases using the DBI module in ExtLib. Having then the DBI module
separate from OCamlDBI makes sense. However currently all supported
databases are in OCamlDBI.... in the end I think it's up to Richard to
decide what he wants for DBI / OcamlDBI.

Regards,
Nicolas Cannasse