[development] implementing #format

[Earnie Boyd]

Quoting Gábor Hojtsy <gabor at hojtsy.hu>:

>
> Anything obvious I am missing or total misdirection I am taking?
> Better ideas or tips to get this done easier? Does someone see where
> I'll stop and freeze without a way forward (because certain APIs will
> not allow me to proceed without major refactoring)? :) If #format a
> good idea for input format specification on forms, or should I use a
> better name? (I would not like to get in conflict with #formatter and
> friends).
>

Excuse my ignorance in this part of the Drupal code but ...
How about adding "${fieldtype}_format" functions to the theme engine 
that look for hooked "${formname}_${fieldname}_format" and/or 
"${formname}_{$fieldtype}_format" else apply a default format for that 
field type?

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