Re: [Schematics-development] db-api connect

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>>>>> "Noel" == Noel Welsh <noe...@ya...> writes:

Noel> --- "Michael Sperber [Mr.  Preprocessor]"
Noel> <sp...@in...> wrote:
>> It *will* come up in SRFIcation, right after I've
>> stuffed the FFI SRFI
>> into the queue.  (The FFI SRFI draft is about 80%
>> done.)

Noel> Ok.  Any suggestions on solutions?  The whole library
Noel> needs a namespace per driver, really.  I'm tempted to
Noel> suggest a convention in the SRFI:

Noel>   If the host Scheme system does not implement a
Noel> module system all drivers will prefix all exported
Noel> functions.  The prefix has the the form <db-name>-  
Noel> db-name should be drawn from the list below if
Noel> appropriate, otherwise it is left to the implementor's
Noel> discretion.

Absolutely.

Generally, I'm not sure that a module system (in the sense of the PLT
MODULE construct) is the right solution for this kind of problem:
data-directed programming seems a better approach.  I also have a
draft for *that* in the queue (co-authored with Sebastian Egner), but
this one will take a while longer.

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Cheers =8-} Mike
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