[TYPO3-dev] Sensible usage of hook tslib_content_getDataHook or not?

[Steffen Kamper]

Hi Francois,

Francois Suter schrieb:
> Hi all,
> 
> In one of my extensions I need to access some extra data inside a 
> getText function. One possibility is to put my stuff into $GLOBALS and 
> get it with a syntax like:
> 
> someproperty.stdWrap.data = global:MYSTUFF|index1|index2
> 
> This works ok, but I was wondering if stuffing things into $GLOBALS was 
> such a good idea.
> 
> Another possibility is to put my stuff in a more special place (like in 
> the current instance of tslib_content that I'm using) and extracting it 
> using the tslib_content_getDataHook hook that is in 
> tslib_content::getData().
> 
> This seems cleaner but has the drawback that the hook gets called every 
> time getData() is called, which seems like an important overhead to me.
> 
> Any opinions on this?
> 
> Cheers
> 

only a quickshot - usage with user_func?

vg Steffen