Nikola Smolenski schreef:
> Aryeh Gregor wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:52 PM, Jim R. Wilson <
wilson.jim.r@...> wrote:
>>
>>> There are times when utilizing the API programatically could make
>>> extension development much easier. The last time I looked at the API
>>>
>> Although I'm not an extension author, and you are, I don't *think* you
>> want to use the API, now or ever. I think what you want is a clean
>>
>
> As an extension author, I can say that in one of my extensions I have
> used the API to great satisfaction of everyone :)
Using the API internally is useful in some cases, yes. If you're gonna
run a complex query the API happens to support, you're usually better
off using the API, to prevent code duplication. But while there are
bound to be places in the code where the API is used internally (which
doesn't have the HTTP overhead I mentioned earlier, my mistake) in the
core, in extensions and even in the API itself, there's no reason for
the core to systematically use the API for everything.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
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