[boost] Re: [sqlite] Formal review of Boost.SQLite begins

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM Mungo Gill via Boost <boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

[...] I notice that a number of classes expose the `handle` of the connection. Is there any reason for this to be part of the public interface. I would be tempted to keep it private

FWIW, that would be an immediate no-go for such a library. You can't easily replace existing (older, crappier) existing wrappers (or plain C usage) in large bodies of C++ code already using SQLite, at least not wholesale. Thus access to raw SQLite handles is paramount.