On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Markus Fischer wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:49:48PM +0100, Lukas Smith wrote : > > > From: Joao Prado Maia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > My personal opinion is that the OOP layer idea is pretty bad. Instead > > of > > > having 7 or 8 set of functions to learn, now the newbie will have 8 > > set of > > > functions / APIs. The idea might sound very sexy and everything, but > > the > > > real problem is that there is already _some_ talks in PEAR-DEV about > > > trying to create a unified API for all databases (a new one, not > > PEAR::DB) > > > which would be eventually be ported to C. > > > > yes I second this > > > > > From: Phil Driscoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > feels 'all wrong' and 'not php'. I'm particularly concerned that we > > > don't create functionality which is only accessible by OO means. > > > > Yes I also see a danger there. > > Procedural is still the method choosen by most newbies and also used a > > lot of established (php) professionals. > > So what ever we do, we should always provide atleast the same level of > > functionality without the OO interface > > What tells you that? I see more OO code then procedureal when > I browser through misc. sources. > The real problem here is not about OOP x Procedural programming, but about duplicating the effort that already began to create a unified database abstraction layer. The PEAR-DEV guys, especially Stig, are working on this for quite a while and it seems very bad to suggest the same work to be started again just because it sounds 'cool'. I repeat once again, why not work with Stig and the rest of the PEAR-DEV guys on this new redesigned PEAR::DB (or whatever it ends up being called) so in the near future we can then think of doing a C port of it ? Joao -- Joćo Prado Maia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://phpbrasil.com - php com um jeitinho brasileiro -- Precisando de consultoria em desenvolvimento para a Internet ? Impleo.net - http://impleo.net/?lang=br -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
