That is the point. I think it is fully backward compatible but the source is so different that it is possible something breaks. Nothing that cannot be fixed but I'd rather fix it sooner than later.
On Dec 6, 6:24 pm, villas <villa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Providing that it's backwards compatible, you don't need to ask. > IMO test, upgrade, then never look back! > -D > > On Dec 7, 12:08 am, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > For now, for testing purposes I am going to copy dal.py over sql.py > > and post a nightly build using the new dal. > > > Long term, is this ia good solution. I would like to keep both sql.py > > and dal.py and import DAL, Field from the latter but this would break > > existing "from gluon.sql import *". In order not to break it, the > > current approach is the only approach (replace the old dal with the > > new dal and call it sql.py). > > > Any opinion on this matter? > > > Massimo > > > On Dec 6, 4:38 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > > > > With the new DAL it should take very little to create a DAL interface > > > to mongodb, couchdb, etc. > > > > I can work on this if > > > - you help me prioritize > > > - you can give me access to a machine that already has your favorite > > > nosql db installed ready for testing > > > > Massimo > > > > On Dec 6, 3:10 pm, Jonathan Lundell <jlund...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 6, 2010, at 12:55 PM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > > > 1) The new DAL (dal.py) passes all the tests I have. > > > > > 2) The new DAL has integrated GAE support (datastore) without need for > > > > > contrib/gql.py > > > > > 3) The new DAL is better because more customizable, smaller (10%), and > > > > > more readable > > > > > 4) The new DAL is one single file and it does not depend on web2py. > > > > > Have you decided to keep it as a single file, or break it into a > > > > package? > >
