[Python-Dev] 2.3.1 is (almost) a go

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Sun Sep 28 01:03:39 EDT 2003


>>> Barry Warsaw wrote
> On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 18:07, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> > I've given that a little more thought.  Instead of encumbering the factory
> > functions which implement the old API with an optional dbenv argument, I
> > think if people want to provide their own environment it's reasonable to 
> > expect them to use the new bsddb3 API.  All we should do with the old API is
> > make it work in a multi-threaded environment if possible.
> 
> +1
> -Barry

I'm +1 on this as well, but with the caveat that if we _can't_ make it work
reliably in a MT environment, we should either decline the opportunity to
mangle the user's data, or at _least_ issue a warning.

Anthony

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