[Catalyst] Authentication Store: DBC vs DBIx::Class

[Jay K]

On Jul 17, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Jonathan Rockway wrote:

> On Tuesday 17 July 2007 02:02:20 pm Jim Spath wrote:
>> We use DBIx::Class for our model and the DBIC module for
>> authentication
>> currently.
>
> Just to clarify, DBIC and DBIx::Class are the same thing.
> DBIx::Class is a
> lot to type, so modules that work with DBIx::Class are often called
> something::DBIC.  The new auth plugin is called ::DBIx::Class because
> the ::DBIC name was already taken.

And because the DBIx::Class store is significantly different than the
DBIC one, and will not maintain the CDBI compatibility... so it
seemed that a new name was more appropriate, to avoid confusion.

JayK

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