Re: question about including something like sqlite in python

2006-09-14 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I was just thinking, since Python 3.0 is supposed to clean up a lot of >the unnecessary or redundant features of Python and make other things >more streamlined, does it seem to anyone that including SQLite goes >against

Re: question about including something like sqlite in python

2006-09-14 Thread Magnus Lycka
John Salerno wrote: > I was just thinking, since Python 3.0 is supposed to clean up a lot of > the unnecessary or redundant features of Python and make other things > more streamlined, does it seem to anyone that including SQLite goes > against this goal? Not to me. I don't see the redundancy.

Re: question about including something like sqlite in python

2006-09-12 Thread Frank Millman
John Salerno wrote: > I was just thinking, since Python 3.0 is supposed to clean up a lot of > the unnecessary or redundant features of Python and make other things > more streamlined, does it seem to anyone that including SQLite goes > against this goal? > > This is just me thinking out loud, min

Re: question about including something like sqlite in python

2006-09-12 Thread skip
John> I guess I am just trying to figure out why I'm a little surprised John> sqlite was included, but at the same time I'm excited to use it John> and the fact that it will now be standard has caused me to look John> into more than otherwise. :) You might find some of the discuss

Re: question about including something like sqlite in python

2006-09-12 Thread John Salerno
Dan Sommers wrote: > It's difficult to imagine > any one developer (or development shop) using the entire library, so at > least one module must be extraneous. That's a good point. I guess I am just trying to figure out why I'm a little surprised sqlite was included, but at the same time I'm exc

Re: question about including something like sqlite in python

2006-09-11 Thread Ben Finney
John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was just thinking, since Python 3.0 is supposed to clean up a lot > of the unnecessary or redundant features of Python and make other > things more streamlined, does it seem to anyone that including > SQLite goes against this goal? To my mind, "unneces

Re: question about including something like sqlite in python

2006-09-11 Thread Sashmit Bhaduri
John Salerno wrote: > This is just me thinking out loud, mind you, but it seems like including > a database module (especially one that many people won't use in favor > of MySQL or PostgreSQL, etc.) is weighing down the standard library. Weighing down the standard library? The latest version of