Re: [OT] ORMs (was Re: '__iter', yet again!)

[Richard Hundt <richardhundt@...>]

Petite Abeille wrote:
> On Dec 20, 2009, at 7:35 PM, Richard Hundt wrote:
>
> > An object data model as a schema in a RDBMS is an approach to modeling domain objects, in the broadest sense
>
> Again, if you narrow down your problem enough, then yes, your solution will, not surprisingly, be quite a fit :)
>
> As a counter example, perhaps one is dealing with data warehouses and star schemas. Or really anything which happen not to follow your idea of "modeling".

Not my idea, but fair enough.

> Then again, there is no shame in agreeing to disagree :)

Right you are, I just needed to clear up that it's not a "glorified key 
value pair dump", as the relational aspects are still... er... key 
features :)

> Looking forward to see your ORM. Just hoping that your solution would not be more complex than the problem at hand.

Thanks, I'll try to keep it pragmatic, but it won't fit all problems.