Matt, that answer is simple: so we can use things other than sqlalchemy.
On Dec 15, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Matt Dietz wrote: > I have to confess to being confused here. We deliberately chose > sqlalchemy. Then we mapped everything away so it didn't look like the ORM > in question when in reality, we partially took some of said ORM's job away > from it. Now we're complaining that the ORM we likely aren't using > correctly isn't working for us. In short, we chose to use an ORM, and now > we're complaining about the O > > I'm not seeing what taking everything to a dictionary-centric model buys > us, and I also don't see anyone actually justifying it. Can we get some > actual examples of why one approach is better than the other? > > > On 12/15/11 10:54 AM, "Johannes Erdfelt" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011, Kevin L. Mitchell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> 2. However, I violently disagree with the idea that the DB layer >>> must return dicts. It does not, even if you start talking about >>> allowing use of other kinds of databases. We can, and should, >>> wrap these things in objects, upon which we can call methods >>> that do things‹i.e., we should, you know, actually use >>> object-oriented programming. >> >> What kinds of things? >> >> I'm not against returning back a standardized object that provides >> __getattr__ so we don't have to use dict notation. Any database backend >> can do something similar easily. >> >> I'm just trying to better understand what is object-oriented about the >> data returned from a database? What methods would we want to use? >> >> JE >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
