I disagree.  I don't think the initial number of lines of code is a good indicator of anything (and also, it's not just 3 lines in this case, but rather 3 lines plus an entire file, right?).  In my opinion, a better measure is whether or not the code is written in a way that is generically useful.  If it can be meaningfully used by a variety of sites without them needing to edit the code, then posting it as a module makes sense.  Modules are accessible to a much broader audience than PHP snippets are.

However, in this case, if I understand the description correctly, it sounds like it might have a lot in common with an existing project (http://drupal.org/project/compact_forms)?  If so, then you should contribute your work to that project rather than starting a new one.

Good luck!
David Rothstein


On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Pierre Rineau <pierre.rineau@makina-corpus.com> wrote:
Ok, so I won't.

Thanks for your answer.

Le jeudi 30 avril 2009 à 10:29 -0400, Khalid Baheyeldin a écrit :
> No. A 3 line module is not worth its own project and issue queue and
> such.
>
> This module is best posted in the snippets here
> http://drupal.org/node/23220
>
> See also here http://drupal.org/handbook/customization/php-snippets
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 4:15 AM, Pierre Rineau
> <pierre.rineau@makina-corpus.com> wrote:
>         Hi folks,
>
>         I made a really, really simple module (3 lines and a JS file).
>
>         It uses the "title" HTML attribute on text and textarea HTML
>         inputs to
>         display an empty value in the input, which disappear on focus,
>         and
>         re-appear on focus out if input is still empty.
>
>         This is simple, I saw something like 10 or 20 different JS
>         implementations; I choosed one of them, (one I saw on
>         Drupal.org's
>         forums), adapted it a bit the JS file to be more coherent with
>         Drupal6.
>
>         The real module just does a "drupal_add_js()" in hook_init()
>         (which
>         should be compatible with aggressive caching).
>
>         Do you think this is a good idea to commit it in the Drupal
>         CVS, as a
>         new project?
>
>         Or do you known some modules which already does the same
>         thing, in a
>         better way?
>
>         Regards,
>         Pierre.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> 2bits.com, Inc.
> http://2bits.com
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> Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. --  Edsger W.Dijkstra
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