I also disagree with FAPI. I know how hard that'll be for a non-PHP developer to use when themeing a site.
Robin
Derek Wright wrote:
>> 5. The node render patch that Eaton started work on a while ago. I
>> don't think that is been committed yet, but Eaton recently reminded me
>> about how important this is to further unify and clean-up the CCK and
>> core.
>
> Eaton and I spoke about this at length last week. We decided the next
> step for both node rendering and killing the evil $node namespace bugs I
> was ranting about earlier is to convert $node from an object into a
> #FAPI-style array. This is a huge undertaking, but will solve a *bunch*
> of issues and open up tons of new possibilities. I've been so busy with
> update_status that I haven't had a chance to work on the initial patch
> for this. If anyone else wants to get the ball rolling, that'd be great:
> http://drupal.org/node/148420