[Bf-python] More Proposed API changes.

[Martin Poirier]

--- Stephen Swaney <sswaney at centurytel.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 05:17:11PM +1100, Campbell
> Barton wrote:
> > At some point I suggested database for accessing
> blender objects and 
> > Theeth gave a very convincing argument as to why
> this wasnt logical 
> > Blender data dosnt match a database or some such
> arg.
> 
> I would be interesting in hearing that argument.

IIRC, my argument was that this representation of
Blender's internal was very far from what people
usually think of as a database (as in relational
database).

--- Ken Hughes <khughes at pacific.edu> wrote:

> Campbell Barton wrote:
> > 
> > However Id like to import this module by default
> as willian suggested.
> > ... 
> > Possible names for automatically imported module
> that will replace 
> > Blender.Main ...
> > * bpy - nice and short, dosnt tie us down to only
> using it for data 
> > access like the name dataBase does, unlikely
> anyone will be using this 
> > name in existing scripts.. a bit cryptic tho..
> > * bpython - same as above but less cryptic
> 
> I like these two; they aren't likely to conflict
> with existing names in 
> scripts and (I think) do reflect a python model for
> Blender data as 
> opposed to a Blender model.  And I definitely like
> the idea of something 
> that's imported by default.

Seconded (both the import by default and the name
suggestions).

Martin


 
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