MySqlValueRef: why format, as_bytes, as_str functions are declared with pub(crate) and not simply pub?

[smyrgeorge]

Hello!

I noticed that there is a difference between MySqlValueRef and PgValueRef implementations.

In PgValueRef, the functions format, as_bytes, as_str are simply declared with pub but in MySqlValueRef with pub(crate), thus are not accessible outside the crate.

I have the following code:

// value_ref: PgValueRef
let bytes: &[u8] = match value_ref.format() {
        PgValueFormat::Text => value_ref.as_str().unwrap().as_bytes(),
        PgValueFormat::Binary => todo!("Binary format is not implemented yet."),
};

I would like to do the same for MySql (also SQLite). Is it possible?
Can we make a change to the code? I can provide a PR in that case.

Thanks a lot

[smyrgeorge]

I found another way to do it.

let value: &str = row.get_unchecked(c.ordinal());

So, I'll close this discussion.