Re: [development] deletion API summary, question

On 7/21/06, Dave Cohen <drupal@dave-cohen.com> wrote:

I suggest we use a new term (perhaps "remove", "expunge", or "trash") to describe this thing that could mean "move to trash" or "delete from database" depending on configuration. As a module developer, I like knowing that hook_delete means "delete from database". And if my module needs to perform some task when content is moved to trash, I'd rather have a new hook_trash (or somesuch) be invoked. Likewise for hook_nodeapi: $op == 'delete' or $op == 'trash'.

I think that's a good point to make. Modules that maintain their own files (in my case, the audio module) are going to need to make accomodations for the wastebin/trash concept. andrew