From: Warren Young
Date: July 14 2007 4:20am
Subject: Re: Connection::connect() interface is changing
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Joel Fielder wrote:
> Connection
> connection(ConnectionLoginDetails().Database("whatever").Server("localho
> st").Password("noh4xzorssszz"));

My purpose in doing this isn't because I believe the new parameter order 
is the One True Way, it's because I want to reduce typing by eliminating 
the need to pass all the parameters.  Adding verbosity is exactly the 
wrong thing.

I could be talked into something less verbose, but in the same vein, 
like this:

	class Connection ... {
	public:
		class TCP {
		public:
			TCP(host, user, port, etc...);
		}
		Connection(const TCP& tcp);

	#ifdef MYSQLPP_PLATFORM_WINDOWS
		class NamedPipes {
		public:
			NamedPipes();
		}
		Connection(const NamedPipes& np);
	#else
		class DomainSockets {
		public:
			DomainSockets(path);
		}
		Connection(const DomainSockets& ds);
	#endif
	}

Usage:

	Connection con(Connection::TCP(host, user, port));				Connection 
con(Connection::NamedPipes());