[development] $node namespace woes -- can we fix this in D6?

[Nedjo Rogers]

> book variables should be named more specifically, along with rest of core 
> and contrib. and yes, this convention should be documented better. we're 
> on the same team, folks.
>
> i should have added that if someone proposes a good alternative, i'm sure 
> it will be considered carefully. thats also the drupal convention.

Now that we have the beginnings of a schema API in core, we likely should be 
looking for a naming convention that facilitates schema-aware data 
transactions. See the point "We change the way we current load properties 
into objects to reflect their data structure" in this issue: 
http://drupal.org/node/145684