Andrew Lee wrote:
I want to reiterate what jvandyk <http://drupal.org/user/2375> said about the patch, "No. This is a bad idea. The hooks being removed are at the data level, and are being replaced at the form submission level. What this means is that if you want to work with nodes programmatically you'll have to fake a form submission, which is a big pain. Remember, through the web browser is only one way to create content. Content could also be created by XML-RPC calls, by wrapping a legacy database, by periodic file import, etc.
When you call node_save, data-related things like nodeapi insert happen. These are not form-related. They're data-related.
This patch makes Drupal less flexible. I also think it's premature to be thinking about this. After fapi 2.0 hits, we should think about it."
I'd have to say I agree with John VanDyk on this point. This muddies Drupal's architecture, rather than improves it.