Re: sqlite3

[Po Lu]

Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com> writes:

> I would definitely like to see sqlite in core and avialable by
> default. I really love it and think it is a great as
> application/desktop database. I think it would open for some nice
> applications people could write.

Regardless of whether or not this feature is implemented, I think it
should be optional, and fallbacks should be in place for systems where
SQLite is unavailable.

For example, I tried compiling the latest SQLite amalgamation release
with DJGPP, and it did not work.  Apparently patches existed to make it
work, but they do not apply to the latest release anymore.

Customize gaining a hard dependency on SQLite3 would be a disaster!

Using a relational database for things like

    (setf (persistent-data :namespace "emoji" :key "favorites")
          emoji--favorites)

Is also overkill, IMO, while something like (g)dbm would be a perfect
match for this kind of task.