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From: Dan S. <da...@da...> - 2002-02-07 22:20:02
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At 3:02 PM -0600 2/7/02, Patrick K. O'Brien wrote: >Well, we don't have complete freedom in this area. For example, in order for >an object to be able to be persisted to a ZODB storage, that object's class >(somewhere in the hierarchy) must inherit from the ZODB Persistent class. So >in a way this is an all or nothing choice at some level. My inclination is >to pick something, dive in with both feet, make it work, then step back and >evaluate the situation to see if it is the right thing for Pythoncard in the >long term. I need to get my hands dirty. (Plus I have a real app I need to >build very soon.) Absolutely. I'm in the same boat. I'm off to look at MetaKit. I'll get back with reactions. >--- >Patrick K. O'Brien >Orbtech > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pyt...@li... >> [mailto:pyt...@li...]On Behalf Of Dan >> Shafer >> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 1:35 PM >> To: pyt...@li... >> Subject: [Pythoncard-users] ZODB Persistence >> >> >> Patrick suggested that we use ZODB for our PythonCard persistence. >> After looking into the shelve stuff and then looking at ZODB, my >> sense is that eventually we'd like to support both via an API that >> just deals with persistence.transparently. >> >> But in the near term, I'd personally prefer to use ZODB for a lot of >> reasons, some technical and some selfish. However, I wonder about >> what this does to the already limited universality of PythonCard. >> We'd require people to download a standalone ZODB as part of >> installing PythonCard (or bundle it with the install, bloating it in >> the process). We get shelve for free in Python. >> >> So while I really agree with Patrick and would be inclined to prefer >> ZODB for all my projects, I just wanted to raise the issue about ZODB >> on the list for feedback. >> >> >> -- >> Dan Shafer, Personal Creativity Trainer and Consultant >> Trained Hartman Value Profile Analyst >> http://www.danshafer.com/valueprofile.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pythoncard-users mailing list >> Pyt...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pythoncard-users -- Dan Shafer, Personal Creativity Trainer and Consultant Trained Hartman Value Profile Analyst http://www.danshafer.com/valueprofile.html |