On 10/12/07, Simon Pamies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 12, 10:09 am, "Gaetan de Menten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I couldn't agree more. I mean: shouldn't the "autoload" part be > > integrated into SQLAlchemy reflection capability if it can do more > > than SQLAlchemy 0.4 currently support (or simply removed if it doesn't > > do more)? > > As i mentioned in my last reply I'll try to add support for sqlalchemy > 0.4 in a 0.5 branch of autocode but will maintain an actively > supported 0.4.x branch. > > I don't know how much of the features of autocode should really go > into sqlalchemy. Model generation tools should IMHO always stay a > separate part but I'm open for suggestions. I also hate code > duplication but I think that especially the formatter part should stay > outside of sqlalchemy: It has a strong relation to the autogeneration > of the model and as I've learned from my experience with other ORM > tools, such a feature is better to handle outside the main engine.
I don't say that everything should be integrated, just the reflection part (if at all useful in SA0.4) and the repr methods of the corresponding objects (*_repr in formatter.py) which should IMHO replace the current repr methods. Or, to say that differently, I don't see the point of having a repr method which doesn't produce a ready to use string representation of the object if it's possible to do. That's what the __repr__ method is for. And here, it's obviously possible since you guys do it. If somebody want a more concice/informal representation of an object, that's what __str__ is for. Anyway, this is just my opinion. -- Gaëtan de Menten http://openhex.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
