Re: [Iamb-dev-internal] query language

[Ken R. <kr...@qx...>]

Matt Cashner wrote:
> 
> i'm working on the guts of B<streed> and it suddenly occurs to me that i
> have no language defined for speaking to the server. now, it could be that
> you all leave it up to me and i build the daemon and a module to speak to
> the daemon and no one really cares as long as it works. but i figure you
> all actually want some input. so, what kind of commands should the server
> accept on a socket and what sort of spooge should it emit?
> 
> and as a word of preparation, i'm using the uber cool DBD::RAM for RDBMS
> emulation in testing, so when i release a pre-alpha of this, you'll want
> to make sure you have DBD::RAM installed :)

I guess I need to know what you have planned for B<streed>.

If it accesses the same data that B<stree> does, is there any
reason not to use the same API? (I did leave some blanks for
B<streed> to fill in, but the whole thing is so simple that
mimicking should be trivial.)

Whatever data B<streed> might create for its own use can have
any API your little ol' heart desires. Consistency would be
nice, but that has never stopped me. :-)

I'll snag DBD::RAM from CPAN sometime soon.

-- Ken