[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58855: Fix and enhance wp_in_development_mode() to be able to return whether a development mode is beiung used

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#58855: Fix and enhance wp_in_development_mode() to be able to return whether a
development mode is beiung used
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 Reporter:  azaozz       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  6.4
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by flixos90):

 It seems to me we're defining a solution here without defining a problem.
 Repeating my question from the initial ticket here: ''What'' would we use
 a general development mode for? How would `wp_is_development_mode()`
 differ from `WP_DEBUG`?

 Until we can answer this question, I think this change is only for
 consistency sake with other functions that do different things, and would
 lead to confusion for which use-cases to rely on development mode vs debug
 mode.

 If we make this change, we need to have a solid rationale what to use it
 for and most importantly how to differentiate it from `WP_DEBUG`.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58855#comment:10>
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