Hi Alex, Thanks for your reply.
On 27/05/13 17:20, Alex Peshkoff wrote: > On 05/27/13 15:30, Andres Gomez wrote: >> * We understand that FB3 will be backward compatible in its API with >> FB2.5 but that it will also bring a new C++ API. LibO is written vastly >> in C++ and having an OO API would be very handy for our development. >> Here we have several options and we would need advice to chose the best >> approach: >> - Use the plain C API, knowing that it will be fully compatible >> with FB2.5 or FB3. >> - Use an external C++ API, like IBPP. IBPP is a tested and quite >> old wrapper over FB's C API but we wonder how well maintained it is as >> latest stable release is from 2007. > > Plain C API almost did not change for a very long time, May be that's > reason that well-working C++ helper for it does not need maintenance. Yes, we are still considering the use of the IBPP helper for the implementation, but so far, the C API works fine. Since the Driver is not too complex for the time being, targeting just the embedded approach, avoiding a new layer seems reasonable. Perhaps the best approach would be to wait for the release of the FB3 API to port the Driver to a pure C++ implementation. > >> We understand that, although usable, >> it would be better to have something that will have a brighter future. >> In addition, this adds another external dependency to LibO. >> - Use the new internal C++ API. I assume this leaves us only with >> the option of going for FB3. Maybe would it be possible to isolate and >> compile the new C++ API against FB2.5 too? > > Yes. It's possible though not trivial. But must say that we were anyway > thinking about it - to amke it possible to use 2.5 embedded library as > an FB3 provider. That would be an interesting option. I would be interested on knowing more details about how to do it. Br. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
