[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17817: do_action/apply_filters/etc. recursion on same filter kills underlying call

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#17817: do_action/apply_filters/etc. recursion on same filter kills underlying call
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 Reporter:  kernfel                     |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)                |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                      |   Milestone:  3.6
Component:  Plugins                     |     Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests  |
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Comment (by Denis-de-Bernardy):

 Replying to [comment:17 jbrinley]:
 > I don't agree with this change. If you move to a foreach loop, you'll
 lose the ability to add another callback to the same hook with a later
 priority.
 > (...)
 > I had always assumed that having this ability was a conscious design
 decision, not a bug. Removing it would definitely break some plugins.

 Hold... Are you seriously arguing that we should continue to live with
 breaking much about every plugin that hooks after akismet in the name of
 backwards compatibility? :-) (see #9968, which is the exact same issue.)

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