[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15063: Add a "context" property to WP_Query as a 2nd param to its constructor

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#15063: Add a "context" property to  WP_Query as a 2nd param to its constructor
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 Reporter:  mikeschinkel  |        Owner:                 
     Type:  enhancement   |       Status:  closed         
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Post Types    |      Version:                 
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:  wontfix        
 Keywords:                |  
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Comment(by mikeschinkel):

 Mark:

 The use-cases I'm most concerned about are not when I'm using the
 `WP_Query` but when someone else is such as in core or plugins.

 I'm doing all my work with CMS-related sites and I'm finding I probably
 spend >50% of my debugging time tracking down a bug that happened because
 I didn't get the limiting context correct in global filters.  I'm looking
 for ways to make plugin code more robust.

 By analogy I am basically trying to go from protecting myself against all
 the potential alternate needles in the haystack and instead wanting to
 focus on a single specific needle that is known.  Instead of looking for
 and testing for ''"artifacts"'' i.e. `$postnow`, `$typenow`, `$_GET`,
 `$_POST`, `$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']` etc. etc. I'd like to be able to
 tested for a know identifier in every reasonable context.

 Filters called by `WP_Query` is but one place where where context is badly
 needed, but its one of the bigger ones.

 If you don't like this proposal, can we explore other ways to allow to to
 pinpoint context with known markers? This was less important in the blog
 days because you had nailed most patterns, but with CMS use-cases the
 number of potential patterns has increased exponentially.

 -Mike

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