Model::AfterFind $results format, associations

As many have failed before me, I am trying to massage some data in the afterFind callback in CakePHP 2.3.6.

 public function afterFind($results, $primary = false) {

        $results = parent::afterFind($results, $primary);

        foreach ($results as $key => $val) {

              //... do stuff

        }

        return $results;

    }

But, as I have seen in many examples on the web, there are many different formats that can be expected in the $results array, depending on which model called the find method (associated data gets quite ugly).
I'm thinking of using THIS solution: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/cake-php/Mqufi67UoFo/discussion
Is this really the best method we have?

If yes, I sure hope this will change in CakePHP 3.0. IMHO, complex array format tests shouldn't exist in a model. Why not just pass me the results array before merging it into the caller-model results?

Are there any alternatives? In despair, I'm thinking of changing the Core DboSource and plugging in a new callback before MergeAssociation. Yes, it's that bad, please help! :)

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