Re: [CDBI] State of the DBIx::Class Class::DBI compatibility layer

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 02:06:50AM -0800, Michael G Schwern wrote:
> Currently, in CDBICompat, if you declare a relationship to another class the 
> foreign class either has to A) already be declared or B) has to be in a file 
> that can be required.
> 
> If you have each class in its own file you're good.  Other CDBI projects might 
> have to restructure how they declare their classes so the relationships are 
> declared last.
> 
> I took another look at it and this limitation will be difficult to lift 
> without changing how DBIC relationships work.

I was considering making this work for DBIC by being able to say "delay
relationship setup until I tell you I've got everything loaded".

But then, obviously, you have to tell it. Which is ok in DBIC, because I
can just have load_classes handle that, but I'm not sure if I can get an
equivalent "magic hook" for CDBICompat - I suppose you could use a source
filter to whack a DBIC->undelay call at the end of the file but, erm, ick.

If somebody finds a hook we can use and writes me some tests I've got no
problem with dealing with the DBIx::Class internals part.

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