[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47678: Modernize/simplify current_user_can()

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#47678: Modernize/simplify current_user_can()
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 Reporter:  jrf                      |       Owner:  pento
     Type:  enhancement              |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.3
Component:  Role/Capability          |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-      |     Focuses:  performance, coding-
  tests commit needs-dev-note        |  standards
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Changes (by peterwilsoncc):

 * keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests commit => has-patch has-unit-tests
     commit needs-dev-note


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:28 jrf]:
 > Of course, this excludes the commercial plugins and themes, as well as
 private plugins and themes, but all the same, I do think it's safe to
 assume that the numbers will be roughly the same, which means that less
 than **0.05%** of plugins and themes will run into this issue.
 >
 > So, while I appreciate that we should be very careful about this, I
 think that we may be overestimating the impact a bit.

 Agreed, the common use case is for `*_lvl()` and `*_el()` modifications.
 @pento's suggestion of a dev-note ought to be adequate.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47678#comment:29>
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