CDBI::Relationship::Glue ?

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Hi,

In light of some recent discussions, I propose the addition of a
cosmetic relationship - a connection.

Lets take the actor/film/role example.

	Role->connect( actor =3D> 'Actor', film 'Film');

could be a nice way to shortcut. It would take the two foreign keys,
generate plurals, create has_many relationships for films in Actor, and
actors in Film, as well as has_many relationships for a role having an
actor and a film.

Perhaps a keyword like "link" would be better, because it avoids the
associations with 'connection', which has to do with the database
handle.

I browsed search.cpan.org and did not find anything like this.

Is there anything foul with it? If not maybe someone (maybe even me)
should make a little add-on module.

It could also make a nice idiom for Simon Cozen's
Class::DBI::Loader::Relationship:

	"a role connects films to actors";
	"a handpump oozes beer in pubs";
	"handpumps supply beers at pubs";

or whatever.

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