[TYPO3-core] RFC: new function loadTcaAdditions in t3lib_div

[Martin Kutschker]

Franz Holzinger schrieb:
> Hello Martin,
> 
> Le jeudi 12 octobre 2006 à 11:00 +0200, Martin Kutschker a écrit :
> 
>>Dmitry Dulepov schrieb:
>>
>>>"This function expects the caller to ~know~ about" I guess?
>>>
>>> > This is a no-no.
>>>
>>>Why? I do not see problems with it.
>>
>>I want to write extension E1 and need to load the TCA of table T1 my plugin 
>>P1. I should be able to load the TCA via a call, but I currently can only 
>>do this by loading the complete TCA. A waste of resource, but no show stopper.
>>
>>To avoid this Franz seriously suggests, that I have to list all extensions 
>>E2 to EN which I - the deveolper!!!! - know to modify the table T1. Sorry, 
>>but this is rubbish.
> 
> 
> This method has already been in use for at least 2 years!
> 
> See
> http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/sr_feedit/0.1.1/info/pi1%
> 252Fclass.tx_srfeedit_pi1.php/
> 
> We did not find any other way for extension authors to solve this
> problem.

Did you have a look at my proposal? It's a brain child and I may have 
overlooked things.

>>Any plugin must be able to load the TCA without such external knowledge. I 
>>have suggested a better scheme, but there might be others. The point is, if 
>>anyone has to track which extensions modifies a table then it is the EM. *
>>
>>But even then I don't think it should be done on a per-extension basis. We 
>>should find a clever way to get only parts of the TCA **, but the presented 
>>function definitely is not the way.
> 
> Does this mean this method won't come into a 4.0.x version?
> Static_info_tables needs this method very urgently in order not to
> become dependant from another extension.

With this function it will.

> Who wants to do this additional coding for a new TCA handling?

How about you? After all it's your itch, but I think the solution I have 
outlined is straightforward.

For 4.0.x there are still bugs I want to solve and for 4.1 I want get the 
UTF8 things done, I want the read only fileadmin plus I want to help out 
some other WS issues.

Masi