On 27/04/2013 02:17, Gregory Szorc wrote: > I'd like to start a discussion about the state of storage in Gecko. > > Currently when you are writing a feature that needs to store data, you > have roughly 3 choices: > > 1) Preferences > 2) SQLite > 3) Manual file I/O .... > I think there is an opportunity for Gecko to step in and provide a > storage subsystem that is easy to use, somewhere between preferences and > SQLite in terms of durability and performance, and "just works." I don't > think it matters how it is implemented under the hood. If this were to > be built on top of SQLite, I think that would be fine. But, please don't > make consumers worry about things like SQL, schema design, and PRAGMA > statements. So, maybe I'm advocating a generic key-value store. Maybe > something like DOM Storage? Maybe SQLite 4 (which is emphasizing > key-value storage and speed)? Just... something. Please.
Has anyone suggested RDF yet? Phil -- Philip Chee <phi...@aleytys.pc.my>, <philip.c...@gmail.com> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
