[development] hook_foo() vs. nodeapi

[Earl Miles]

Khalid B wrote:
> If the module defines a node type, we can still use nodeapi('view'),  and
> check $node->type = 'mytype' and do whatever we would do in the
> mytype_view() hook.
> 
> Or am I missing something?

Order of operations.

If you just use nodeapi, it's hard to tell where exactly yours will come, even 
though you own the module.

If you use foo_hook() you know yours is the only one using that, so you know 
exactly what order they'll happen in -- nodeapi will either come before or after 
you, completely.