Re: [svn:DBD-Pg] r9855 - DBD-Pg/trunk

On Aug 19, 2007, at 10:13, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:

> * Removes a major dependency, allowing the module to be built  
> anywhere.
>
> * Faster and cleaner code, as we can create our own paths and  
> functions.
> For example, we won't need to have all the protocol 2 branching in the
> libpq code.
>
> * (primary reason). We can make up for things missing in libpq, and
> not have to wait for libpq to adopt them, such as being able to
> download data in chunks and not have to put everything into memory.

I guess I just assumed that libpq was mature and robust, and that  
reinventing that stuff ourselves would be a lot of work. Perhaps I'm  
wrong?

Best,

David