Re: [boost] [gsoc2008] Database Library (asynchronous)

From: Jeff Garland (azswdude_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-22 12:23:42

On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 7:37 AM, Daniel Pfeifer <daniel_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hi Phil,
>
> > Go for it, if you already have your own vision of how it should
> > look.  If you spend a lot of time listening to other people and
> > attempting to make a compromise, you'll run out of time before
> > you've even started.
>
> Thanks for your encouragement!  I am ready to start.  All I need is
> to be accepted for GSoC.  If I'm not accepted, I will code it anyway,
> just for fun.  But I really could use the money. ;-)

Don't forget to submit your application starting on the 24th.

> As it happens, I've never needed asynchronous database functions;
> > generally I block waiting for the results and if there's other work
> > to do at the same time it's in another thread.  Do you have an
> > application using asio that's driving this?
>
> No, I just thought that it might be useful.  What do others think
> about asynchronous database access?
>

I think it's useful -- I'd prefer not to resort to managing my own threads
to do this.

Jeff