[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12707: term_description() shouldn't return error objects

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#12707: term_description() shouldn't return error objects
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 Reporter:  filosofo      |       Owner:                            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.0                       
Component:  Template      |     Version:  3.0                       
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  has-patch term_description
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 `term_description()` and its wrappers like `category_description()` are
 meant to be used in templates, so they shouldn't return `WP_Error`
 objects.

 However, if you call `term_description()` for a non-existent term you get
 a fatal error as PHP attempts to treat the `WP_Error` object as a string.

 Patch instead returns an empty string when an error bubbles up to
 `term_description()`.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12707>
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