[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26818: When plugins are loaded check for a class of the same name and autoload if exists

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#26818: When plugins are loaded check for a class of the same name and autoload if
exists
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 Reporter:  dwread          |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Bootstrap/Load  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by jeremyfelt):

 Hey @dwread, thanks for the suggestion!

 I'm not sure I can see this working in the near term. There are likely
 several different design patterns at work in the WordPress plugin
 development community and auto-loading classes could cause unintentional
 effects. It could be interesting to see what some kind of opt-in system
 would look like.

 It would probably be worth chiming in on #22316, which covers the idea of
 plugin dependencies in general. I think there would be more traction
 around an effort like that before core starts autoloading.

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