Module development and code questions

Hi,

I've finally finished developing my article_node module.
However, I feel a little bit uneasy about it. Rhe main reason is that I am not 100% sure that I did things "right".

My main question is: how much logic should go into node_article_insert and node_article_update?

At the moment, I allow people to specify an editor for the article. Obviously, in the form the editor is specified by account name rather than UID.
So, in node_article_update I have something like:

  // Work out the node_id for the chosen editor
  if($node->editor_uid_name == ''){
    $node->editor_uid=0;
  } else {
    $tmp=user_load(array('name' => $node->editor_uid_name));
    $node->editor_uid=$tmp->uid;
  }

Then, I decided that if the editor is not sent then the editor CANNOT be "ok" with the article. So, later on in node_article_update, I have:

  if($node->editor_uid == 0){ $node->editor_ok = 0; }

And then things get worse...
In the form, I have an hidden field:

  $form['workout_oks'] = array('#type' => 'hidden', '#default_value' => '1', '');

This field will tell my module that I want to work out who's OK with what (if a new version of the node is saved, then the author's OK is automatically set to 0).
In node_article_update, I then have:


if($node->workout_oks == 1 && $op == 'update'){
_node_module_reset_other_peoples_oks($node);

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