Major new ubiqx release

[Christopher R. Hertel]

Hey folks!

I'm preparing a major new ubiqx release this weekend.  The new code
includes the database API stuff I've been working on so feverishly.  I'm
very pleased with the results of the testing I've been doing, and I'm
particularly excited because the code could help solve some of the
problems that have been discussed here over the past weeks.

I've got a preview (code's all done but it needs some comments and I'm 
*sure* there are still some small bugs hiding about) available for folks 
on this list at:

  http://ruby.nts.umn.edu/crh/samba/

You'll need *all* of the .c and .h files.  There aren't any example
programs, but please read through the comments to get a sense of what I'm
doing.  It shouldn't be difficult (from my experience) to write code that
uses these modules.  I just haven't had time to write any *good* examples. 

The key files are

  ubi_*DB.?   - These are the API modules.
  kdb_*.?  \
  idb_*.?   > - These are the "implementation" modules which glue a
  sa_*.?   /    data manager to an API.

I'm looking for comments.  I've started to use these to replace the 
current WINS database in nmbd, and I'm planning on writing a config 
management system using Sparse Arrays (and I *can* make it a drop-in, 
no-speed-lost replacement for the lp_ calls -- so there!).

Chris -)-----

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Christopher R. Hertel -)-----                   University of Minnesota
crh at nts.umn.edu              Networking and Telecommunications Services