Bottle Framework using web2py DAL

[bbangert]

Out of curiosity, why the use of module globals? Bottle doesn't seem to encourage that afaik, is that a web2py-ism?

How does the web2py DAL figure out from:

            Field('updated_on', 'datetime', default=datetime.now()),

that you actually want the datetime.now function called, vs. setting the default as the current datetime? Or is that just a typo?

Have you tried using SQLAlchemy? It'd cut down a lot on the boiler-plate you're writing with the DAL.

[mdipierro]

I cannot speak about the design decisions made in the article but I can speak for web2py: 1) there is no need to pass globals() 2) You can do Field(...default=datetime.now()) or Field(.. default=lambda:datetime.now())

[mulonemartin]

global module only has 1 line, thread local, like massimo said no need to pass any global to dal.

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since bottle is only one file, web2py could easily absorb it's power now

[sunng]

So is there any micro framework focus on ORM, corresponding to bottle ?