I want to try and get a hook_page_not_found() to Drupal 7.

I've taken this snippet from http://drupal.org/node/444756

I have only just started this but I wanted to post for opinion. In IRC I was pushed towards using hook_page_alter() instead of defining a new hook. However hook_page_alter() runs after the 404 header has been sent. I don't expect the code as is to get in. Largely I am posting this as a start because I work on large sites (Economist.com) and I don't want to have to use nfs to share the files directory as it adds another single point of failure in the stack.

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