On 06/12/2015 01:07 AM, Alex Bligh wrote: > > On 11 Jun 2015, at 12:00, Simon Walter <si...@gikaku.com> wrote: > >> Looking at projects that use APR, many seem to include the entire thing >> in their code base. I'm guessing that one of the drawbacks is that APR >> comes with a lot of baggage so to speak. > > You can dynamically link to an APR library. > >> Have you used both libdbi and the database bits of APR? Is there any >> advantage to using libdbi compared to APR? > > I've either used one or the other. I expect you can use both but > can't see any reason to. > > apr is more frequently updated, has many other functions (e.g. > a complete memory pool manager), and works on a wider range of > platforms I believe (including Windows). > > libdbi is simpler than APR to get used to, and has a smaller memory > footprint. > > You should also compare the choice of backends if you care about > that. >
OK, that's very helpful. Thank you. I'm not sure I want to change my code around too much until I have more tests written. It's good to know there is another usable option. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ libdbi-users mailing list libdbi-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-users
