[DB-SIG] what is: backwards compatibility

[Dieter Maurer]

Carl Karsten wrote at 2007-6-21 14:30 -0500:
> ...
>I propose that pep 249 is the only document that we should be considering.

-1


>What happens if docs and pep 249 conflict?

The more specific wins.

Let's look at an example:

  We are using "psycopg". It uses "pyformat" as "paramStyle" and
  documents that it does so.
  As a consequence, our SQLs are using "pyformat".
  Guess our curses when "psycopg" decides to no longer support
  "pyformat".



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Dieter