[development] Strip out theme functions into a .theme file

[Khalid B]

I think Adrian has proposed/is working on just that.

The only difference is that he wants each theme function in a file on
its  own (to which I have a concern about performance).

Adrian, any updates on this?

On 7/29/06, Frando (Franz Heinzmann) <frando at xcite-online.de> wrote:
> Now that we have modules in their own directories, I think we could move
> forward to ease pain for designers by stripping out theme functions out
> of the .module file into a .theme file.
>
> We already did the same for installation, and there's currently a patch
> in the queue to do the same for help files.
>
> Why we should move theme_* functions into a <modulename>.theme file:
>
> * ease pain for designers. Currently, they have to look through all the
> module code, that is not interesting for them at all, to find a theme
> function they want to overwrite. By having them all together in a
> <modulename>.theme file, it will save a lot of time and effort for them.
> And IMO we should take a bit more care of them, especially if it does
> not hurt at all.
>
> * Seperation of code and design has always been a main target. So I
> think it's only logical to stick to this policy here and move the V part
> of a module into a different file than the C part (according to the MVC
> pattern)
>
> best regards,
> Frando
>