Hi Don,
Sorry if I did not understand your comment. Anyway which direction would OACS go? Go higher - more tcl, or go lower - less tcl.
There are some inefficiency with the direction I am going, more tcl. For example there are places I had to call 2 tcl procs wherein normally I can just call a single sql with a join. But I decided not to optimized anymore since its not a bottleneck page. Also it seems to be more readable codewise, as its more clear what I am trying to do. Rather than making a query that some junior level developer will not figure out at once.
I am not yet all convinced with all this abstractions, although I am inclined to it. Maybe its because I tried to experiment with it or maybe due to CCM experience, or both. I am still open to where OpenACS will go. Its really fasinating using 2 toolkits that came from the same ACS heritage.
I think all this abstraction thingy was born as a side effect of the more complex data model. I sure miss 3.x days wherein you just query simple tables :)
