On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 09:20:41AM -0600, Michael Hendricks wrote: > Most database interface modules that I've worked with generate exceptions in > such cases (even if the underlying database doesn't) as a way to help the > programmer find his mistakes.
That is certainly not my experience. > My other concern is that the CouchDB REST API doesn't accept double > deletions. It generates an error. If CouchDB is going to give an error > in one place, I think it should be consistent and do it elsewhere too. Consistency is good. > I can see some value in making this a configurable behavior if others > don't want an error under this circumstance. Of course, I probably > won't send a patch for that since it's not my itch ;-) -1 Configuration parameter proliferation is a Bad Thing. -- Noah Slater, http://people.apache.org/~nslater/
