>>>>> "JRA" == Jay R Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JRA> You're saying that a list object *wraps* a database, then.
JRA> If so, yeah, the object sure as hell *ought* to deal with
JRA> that issue itself.
JRA> Careful how you use the word "databases"... I *think* you
JRA> actually *mean* "records" (or rows), but I'm not sure.
Not quite.
Okay, I'm being a little bit abstract, but bear with me. Eventually
<wink> list objects will be backed by a Real Database (and some folks
have already prototyped this).
Concretely, Mailman currently stores a MailList instance's attributes
in a file whose format is a Python marshal of a Python dictionary.
This is the config.db file and is essentially what I'm talking about
when I say "schema" since it serves the same purpose, although it's
not explicitly described, e.g. as it would be in a traditional
relational database. Nonetheless, if you change the MailList object's
attributes (add or delete) you need to update this implicit schema in
the ways I've described.
Cheers,
-Barry
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