DB-API 1.0 vs. 2.0

[M.-A. Lemburg]

"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
> 
> 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 :-)

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