[theme-reviewers] Is there really any point for blocking direct file access in a WP theme?

[Emil Uzelac]

by @Otto about 10 days ago:

It's not a threat, but it is unnecessarily silly and complex. Here's a
> quicker way to do much the same thing (only without the message):
> if ( !defined('ABSPATH') ) die;


Cheers,
Emil

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On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Robert Ambartsumov <robert6292 at gmail.com>wrote:

> i.e by using something like below on top of every php file
>
> defined('ABSPATH')
> or die('no direct access');
>
> except of aesthetics point, is there any point at all?
>
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