Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-03-02 Thread Tim Bunce
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 03:27:24PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: > > The second patch, which makes DBIS more efficient, is a lot more complex, > and more likely to break things (especially as it's changing a bunch of > macros that are directly #included by the DBD drivers. You may need to > bump API

Re: Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-03-02 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 03:11:17PM +, Tim Bunce wrote: > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 03:27:24PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: > I'm concerned that changing the API, and thus forcing all compiled > drivers to be recompiled at the same time the DBI is installed, > isn't worth the gain. Especially as dr

Re: Changes to make DBIS more efficient

2012-03-02 Thread Dave Mitchell
On Fri, Mar 02, 2012 at 03:23:30PM +, Dave Mitchell wrote: > I'd be happy in principle, although some guidance would be welcome Also in particular, what needs to continue happening across an API change? Is it just that a driver, compiled and installed against an old DBI, must continue to work