Greg,
The point isn't so much "standardizing". Having a low performance Python driver turns into a PostgreSQL PR issue.
I totally agree.
>And if you're writing a database driver with performance as a goal, native Python is simply not >an option.
yes. Additionally: performance is not the only challenge. A native Python implementation, without using libpq, will have to reimplement much of libpq - just let me isolate proper escaping, and will have its own bugs.
Now, once *that* problem is under control, and there's a nicely licensed, well documented, major feature complete, and good performing driver, at that point it would be completely appropriate to ask "what about people who want support for other Python platforms and don't care if it's slower?".
Pure Pythondrivers do exist now; and they are allready discussed in the summaries - which is a good thing. With my remarks I just want to recommend that we at least should document a position for them; and a way ahead. And I need a place to point out that Python grew a FFI with ctypes. Maybe someone will think of a DBAPI2.0 compatible ctypes libpq wrapper ...
Harald
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