CHANGES:

- Added new form_* functions to common.inc, used for building
  forms: it should improve 'stability' (no form typos, every-
  thing properly escaped/unescaped) and should help providing
  a very consistent user interface (wrt forms).

- Adjusted node.module to use the new form functions.
  (Can be used as an example.)

- Adjusted book.module to use the new form functions.
  (Can be used as an example.)

- Merged function.inc into common.inc!

- Slowly removing all global $status and $rstatus variables:
  use node_status() instead.

TODO:

- Apart from implementing the permission system, I'll spend
  some time updating most modules today and tomorrow to use
  the new form functions.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/includes/node.inc b/includes/node.inc
index 8f43f411d..e594e8554 100644
--- a/includes/node.inc
+++ b/includes/node.inc
@@ -158,8 +158,9 @@ function node_form($node) {
   return node_invoke($node, "form");
 }
 
-function node_status($node) {
-  return node_invoke($node, "status");
+function node_status($node, $index = -1) {
+  $status = array_intersect(array(dumped, expired, queued, posted), node_invoke($node, "status"));
+  return $index < 0 ? $status : $status[$index];
 }
 
 function node_control($node) {