Re: [boost] sqlpp11, 3rd iteration

Subject: Re: [boost] sqlpp11, 3rd iteration
From: Thijs (M.A.) van den Berg (thijs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-08-19 04:55:20

> I think we've had a terminology clash.  By "backend" I thought you meant "the sqlpp11 class that knows how to talk to the native driver", not the native driver itself.  Of course the native driver probably won't know how to drive an optional, nor should it be expected to.
> 
> There are several layers, I assume:
> 
> 1. User code
> 2. sqlpp11 database-independent frontend
> 3. sqlpp11 database-specific connector
> 4. native database library
> 

Nice definition of layers.

AFAIK 3. is named "bindings" in UBlas where it binds to eg Atlas, Lapack 

The Multiprecision lib also has support for interfacing with various 3rd party libs   like GMP but there I can't find a specific name.