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Subject: Re: about client-side cursors
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> On Feb 3, 2021, at 08:15, Denis Laxalde <denis.laxalde@dalibo.com> =
wrote:
>=20
> All in all, my main point is: (why) do we need client-side cursors?

Well, the original source is:

	https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/

There are many arguments that can be made against this API, but I think =
we're a bit stuck at this point.
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