[documentation] [bug] node changes in hook_validation

[yched]

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 Project:      Documentation
 Version:      <none>
 Component:    Developer Guide
 Category:     bug reports
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  yched
 Updated by:   yched
 Status:       active

in contributions\docs\developer\hooks\node.php, the description for
hook_validate reads :


"It can also be used to make changes to the node before submission,
such as node-type-specific formatting.

"
I would like it very much to be true, but according to all my attempts,
it is not. 


Besides, all hook_validate functions in core (that is, node validation
hooks, not form validation hooks...) are declared with :function
whatever_validate($node) {
...and not
function whatever_validate(&$node) {
...




yched