[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #4170: author pages do an uncached user_nicename lookup

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#4170: author pages do an uncached user_nicename lookup
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 Reporter:  andy          |       Owner:  westi           
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new             
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8             
Component:  Optimization  |     Version:  2.1             
 Severity:  minor         |    Keywords:  has-patch tested
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Comment(by ryan):

 Should we pattern after get_term_by() and have one function --
 get_user_by() -- for handling retrieving by various fields?  Also, I
 prefer the term "slug" to "nicename". I think it makes it clearer what the
 field is. So, get_user_by('slug', 'admin');

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