When I first saw JSON, my first thought was "that could be a game changer". It
would incur more overhead, but nobody would be forced to use it.
And think of the appeal to all those script language programmers!
On reflection though, direct database calls are probably going the way of the
dodo bird - everyone seems to be thinking in terms of services these days.
I don't know of any relational db with a JSON api, and if that's the case you
have to wonder why.
A better approach might be to focus on developing a complete wire protocol and
well designed and documented interface (see Marius' comments below).
Then if someone wanted or needed a JSON api, they could create one themselves -
it would not be difficult at all.
That might also attract the interest of some energetic new developers who could
leverage the api to support other client platforms and languages.
On Jul 31, 2014, at 3:45 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
> On 31-7-2014 17:59, marius adrian popa wrote:
>> ps: as for protocol we can have something better too but that is
>> another discussion (I envision a SOA or rest api with json response
>> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/HTTP_API)
>
> That sounds nice as an extra, but IMHO that has more overheard than a
> good binary protocol.
On Jul 31, 2014, at 11:59 AM, marius adrian popa wrote:
> What is needed is cleaner c++ interface that can be used from other languages
> ...
> We need better documentation for the current fb3 api , I need it for
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