Some of the correspondents seem to have lost track of the meaning of
"Open Source". They have the source code and can build their own
version which trims, slashes or even burns. They certainly do not have
to inflict their particular needs or preferences on the whole user
community.
I am sure that a prime reason for the success of Sqlite is that it's
creator maintains discipline and saves it from becoming a bloated mess.
Rob Sciuk wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008, Zbigniew Baniewski wrote:
On Wed, Jan 09, 2008 at 12:51:16PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why not have a possibility to make it default
behaviour of the SQL-engine itself, just by
using one "pragma"?
1. It'll make my code shorter.
But it makes the SQLite core code larger. Why should the the
SQLite core be enlarged for the convenience of a single user.
It's rather hard to say, if really just "single". SQLite, as I
understood,
has many users; just three of them were "against", until this time.
Who knows, which of the existing features are used by how many users?
Yesterday one of them wrote, that (if I properly understood) he
appreciates
nothing more, than "job of storage".
2. It'll make my life easier. ;)
But it makes my life harder. [..]
Probably a bit - but it was your own choice of such way of life,
anyway. ;)
You know, I believe that an "embedded" SQL has a philosophy which is
inherently minimalist. Your request specifically goes against the
philosophy of what SQLite was designed to be. DRH is working hard to
protect an ideal which has appealed to millions, and continues to do so,
and adding bloat will not contribute to its future success.
There is nothing to top you from *FORKING* the SQLite project into a
kitchen sink version of MySQL, PostGresql, Firebird or any of a number
of existing full featured databases, and then *YOU* can be the one to
determine what features belong in *YOUR* database managment system, and
take on the work of implementing every idea which comes along ...
Perhaps SQL_Obese?
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