Re: [drupal-devel] Rewriting use of forms in Drupal

a) Easier value checking.

In _validate we would then build the form a second time to check that all the fields still have the type and value they are supposed to have.

foreach ($form_elements as $name => $value) { switch($value['type']) { case 'textfield': if (!is_string($edit['value'])) { form_set_error(...); } if (is_empty($edit['value']) && $value['required']) { form_set_error(...); } break; case 'textarea': .... } }

Who does the validation? Core, or the module? How would that work for a form outside of the node forms? ... The direction sounds good so far.