[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9651: New Widget API - breaks plugins - widget options

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#9651: New Widget API - breaks plugins - widget options
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 Reporter:  ceenz                   |        Owner:          
     Type:  defect (bug)            |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                  |    Milestone:  2.8     
Component:  Widgets                 |      Version:  2.8     
 Severity:  blocker                 |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |  
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Comment(by hakre):

 +1 to remove pass by reference. this will create problems with current WPs
 running on php5 (the minority?) and then all the upcomming WPs running
 php5+.

 for php4, this should be not that much a problem. widgets force on "the
 reference" should register "their reference" in the globals variable space
 and catch it from there (in case of a copy).

 nothing a plugin author can not handle, this is an upgrade that _can_
 break things.

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