[development] hook_link - proposal

[Just Justin]

Hi Yves,

I think you have a good point regarding the rendering of the links.

Perhaps it would be better to separate this into two issues:

1 - add keys to links

2 - change links to be rendered by themes or modules (I don't feel like
    I know enough about drupal to say what's right here)


But, in my world it's really only #1 that is important.  If it is a 
minor change, perhaps we could implement this first and deal with #2
after #1 is in place.


Regards,
 Justin





On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 01:23:55AM +0200, Yves CHEDEMOIS wrote:
> +1 for the idea of separating the $links soup into several keys
> I'm not sure this is coherent with the rest of core, but I like the
> possibilites left to theme (filtering out, ordering...)
> 
> 
> I think leaving the render of the links to the themes is not a good 
> idea, however :
> 
> Having html code produced by l ("el"...) outside a theme function is 
> considered OK,
> so what's the point of having a supplemental layer ?
> (plus you'd have to support the other params l handles : querystring, 
> fragment...)
> 
> Besides, modules might want to output other things than an actual <a> tag
> (simple text, whatever...).
> They are currently allowed to do so, which I think is a good thing.
> If their output is "complicated", it is up to the module coder ("good 
> coding practice")
> to have a theme function provide that output.
> 
> 
>