Improve the Schema Relation API

The latest schema relation API design is the following:

model User {
  id        Int      @id @default(autoincrement())
  posts     Post[]
}
model Post {
  id         Int     @id @default(autoincrement())
  author     User    @relation(fields: [authorId], references: [id])
  authorId   Int
}

I would like to propose a simpler, more intuitive alternative:

model User {
  id        Int      @id @default(autoincrement())
  posts     Post[]
}
model Post {
  id         Int  @id @default(autoincrement())
  authorId   Int  @relation("author", model: User, references: [id])
}

1. Simpler because the entire Post to User relation is 1 line instead of 2 lines.
2. More intuitive because it’s immediately clear which is physical vs which is virtual. A physical field always has a scalar type (authorId Int) and virtual field is always a model (posts Post[])
3. Then the whole “Link field” concept can be removed (This is a confusing concept, even for people like me who really understand DB design)
4. Compound foreign keys relations can instead be handled by adding @relation on a @@unique definition like @@unique([field1, field2]) @relation(...)

[Sytten]

I agree the syntax is nicer but we need a way to specify the name of the virtual relation when you do something like prisma.post.findOne().author(). Edit: I realized its the first parameter, ignore comment.

[janpio]

The wish to improve and simplify the API still is valid and correct - so we can keep this open.