DB-API 1.0 vs. 2.0

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> DB-API 1.0 (dated April 9, 1996) specifies that a connection object
> should provide "all Cursor Object attributes and methods".
> 
> this requirement seems to have been dropped in the (undated)
> DB-API 2.0 specification -- but this fairly major change isn't listed
> under "Major Changes from Version 1.0 to Version 2.0"...
>
> what's the deal here?  should a 2.0 implementation provide an
> implicit cursor, or not?

It can, but is not required to. 
The deal is: explicit is better than implict :-)

> (btw, maybe the people involved could add a release date to the
> 2.0 specification?)

Done. (See CVS)

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