[documentation] hook_validate

[Bill Fitzgerald]

RE: "Yes, because story does not define any fields which require 
special  validation. But the hook exists nonetheless."

Yes, the hook exists. That has never been in dispute.

However, the page in the handbook that I linked to in my original post 
(http://drupal.org/node/40684/) describes how to change the code in the 
story module. Earlier versions of the story module implemented 
hook_validate; thus, text that referenced hook_validate was both 
appropriate and necessary.

But, the current version of the story module does not implement 
hook_validate. Therefore, the existing documentation was rendered out of 
date by the changes to the story module. So, removing references to 
hook_validate *on this handbook page, and only on this handbook page* 
are necessary to keep the handbook up to date.

Cheers,

Bill

Karoly Negyesi wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:49:50 +0200, Bill Fitzgerald 
> <bill at funnymonkey.com>  wrote:
>
>> In the version of the story module I dowloaded from cvs today,  
>> hook_validate is not called --
>
>
> Because there is no need to call it, that does not mean we killed the 
> hook.
>
>> There are 6 hooks in the module, in this order --
>> _help
>> _node_info
>> _perm
>> _access
>> _info
>> _form
>>
>> I'm not a programmer, and I don't claim to know anything about the  
>> reasons/rationale for including different hooks in different ways, 
>> but  hook_validate is not in the version of the story module I 
>> downloaded:  $Id: story.module,v 1.186 2006/03/27 18:02:48 killes Exp $
>
>
> Yes, because story does not define any fields which require special  
> validation. But the hook exists nonetheless.
> -- 
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