[Deprecated] DMZ 1.5.3 (DataMapper OverZealous Edition)

[eluser]OverZealous[/eluser]
If you want to use Active Record, use Active Record. DataMapper is an ORM. It maps data onto objects. What you are suggesting is just to replicate the already highly-functional ActiveRecord class, just with a different name. The overhead of creating objects is very low, since they share just about all properties statically (except for the per-row properties).

I think the bulk-update method I suggested makes a lot of sense. It's easy, stays within the DMZ ideology, and can use the large library of already functional code. It even works with relationships automatically.

I don't see the need to add it to the core DMZ library. If you have a look at the source, you will see it is a very large, very complicated library already. The purpose of extensions was to help ease the burden on the core library, without sacrificing functionality. Also, this just isn't something people need very often. And, as you can see in my example, it's extremely simple to use the normal AR methods with DMZ models.