[drupal-devel] Improve Drupal themability

[Moshe Weitzman]

Stefan Nagtegaal wrote:
> 
> Op 14-apr-05 om 15:34 heeft Moshe Weitzman het volgende geschreven:
> 
>> We already have theme_item_list(). If you need more features from it, 
>> please submit a patch.
>>
>>> about theme_status_messages(), theme_node_list().
>>
>>
>> theme_node_list() and theme_user_list() are useful wrapper functions 
>> for theme_item_list(). They are useful because the themer themer knows 
>> what type of data he is dealing with and can universally style 
>> accordingly. Consider prefixing all blog posts with a special icon, or 
>> prefixing every user with an online/offline indicator. That is easy to 
>> do today but would be hard if you you go to a your proposed scheme.
> 
> Why would that be hard? Every block has a unique id..

Um, I have to find out all those IDs. And when I add a new module, I 
have to know that its block or page has a user list and add that to my 
stylesheet. theme_user_list() allows the themer to once and for all 
define how a user list should be displayed. Considering that your theme 
expert is sometimes unavailable after the site is launched, I think the 
theme function approach is worthwhile.

Note that these 2 approaches are not incompatible. Everything runs 
through theme_item_list() today. So just add your proposed logic there. 
I just want to refute your notion that theme_node_list() and its friends 
would be deprecated by your proposed change. They won't be.