[development] the time of $op is over?

[Moshe Weitzman]

I agree that we should move away from op to dedicated hooks. for
example, hook_nodeapi_delete().

Hook_help can be should be shot and killed by advanced_help module.

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Gábor Hojtsy <gabor at hojtsy.hu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
>  Now that the registry patch landed, it looks like the time of $op
>  might be over. General hooks implementing different branches with $op
>  will always be loaded regardless of the exact need for them. Larry
>  already suggests using the more granular *_preprocess_hookname() type
>  of callbacks instead of the generic *_preprocess() callbacks for theme
>  stuff, so that only those needed will be loaded. Take nodeapi for
>  example. Code for loading nodes might often be needed, but not code
>  for updating or deleting them, right? Those could easily be admin.inc
>  stuff.
>
>  So what do you think about $op? Should we evaluate on a case-by-case
>  basis to make function level callbacks out of $op's or just do it
>  wholesale (no, I am not volunteering for a patch) to get an overall
>  consistent API.
>
>  Gabor
>