On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 05:55:31PM -0800, Dean Arnold wrote: > David Wheeler wrote: > >On Nov 1, 2005, at 12:11 PM, David Wheeler wrote: > > > >>So, what's the status on Callbacks? Are they ready to go into a release?
Yes. See http://svn.perl.org/modules/dbi/trunk/t/70callbacks.t > >Ah, I see from this post: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/dbi-dev@perl.org/msg03793.html > > > >That Steven Schubiger was going to pen some docs for Callbacks. Since > >that didn't happen, perhaps I should have a crack at it. > > Yeah, the thread you pointed to requires a bit more than > casual knowledge of what is being discussed/implemented :^/. It'd be nice > to see some actual docs. I've an assortments of changes to checkin prior to the next release, but docs for Callbacks isn't part of them. Patches most welcome. I've been rather busy for a while[1] and that won't get much better in the short term. Help would be appreciated. > >Also, the reason I'm following up on this is that I've found a perfect > >use for callbacks. DBD::SQLite lets you declare database functions and > >aggregates _in Perl_! This is a slick feature of which I plan to take > >full advantage. I have a quick example here: > > > > > > http://www.justatheory.com/computers/databases/sqlite/custom_perl_aggregates.html How does that relate to callbacks, exactly? Tim. [1] Áine Rebecca Bunce was born at 9:30 this morning :-)
