Re: [Chicken-users] status of chickenlib: build process and mysql interface usage sample

[Felix Winkelmann]

gian paolo ciceri wrote:
> Hello all,
> for what I can read on the web site,
> chickenlib libraries are currently not actively maintained.

Ys, that's true.

> I've tried to build them using the included configure script:
> it fails (no scheme-srfi-0 find) but manually chicken-ing out
> sources one should be able to build what he needs.
>
> Two questions:
> 1. any idea/plan how/to integrate them back
> with a chicken-setup installation utility ?

Well, mainly update the sources to the current state (quite a few
things have changed in the language Chicken supports).

> 2. I'm particulary interested in the mysql interface:
> any kind soul out there that can share with me a
> sample of usage ?

Sorry, I have never used them. From what little I know, it
uses an approach by Oleg Kiselyov (see http://okmij.org/ftp/Scheme/#databases).
But I'm not sure.


cheers,
felix