[development] load node globally

[Darren Oh]

I just confirmed that node_load() stores loaded nodes in a static  
variable.

On Jan 15, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Anthony Wlodarski wrote:

> I believe any further calls to node_load with the same node id are  
> cached.
>
> -Anthony
> -- 
> Anthony Wlodarski
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>
> From: Ashraf Amayreh <mistknight at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: <development at drupal.org>
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:50:10 -0800
> To: <development at drupal.org>
> Subject: [development] load node globally
>
> Hello All,
>
> Since I see so many node loads in block visibility and in modules  
> that do $node manipulations and so forth, which would make me think  
> that sometimes many node loads might occur on some pages and tens  
> perhaps when you add contributed modules on that, I was wondering  
> why not just load $node globally on node/<num>/* pages like we do  
> with $user to avoid any extra node_loads? Developers would only need  
> to global $node and it would either be null or populated and ready.
>
> Before creating a patch for a *possibly* terrible idea, I thought  
> I'd raise a stick and see if it gets shot :D
>
> -- 
> Ashraf Amayreh
> http://aamayreh.org

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