[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14874: Add New Filter to validate_current_theme

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#14874: Add New Filter to validate_current_theme
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 Reporter:  transom      |       Owner:                 
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes       |     Version:  3.1            
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  theme has-patch
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Comment(by transom):

 It is an interesting issue. My case would be that returning a WP_Error
 object and delivering the results in the theme.php file is more WordPress-
 like in it current incarnation than a generic true/false.

 If it is felt that there might be enough plugins that break with this
 change, but the patch is desirable. We are then left with the "ugly" need
 to deprecate another function in favor of a new function.

 I would suggest that the output of the current function is so useless as
 to be not used by many (if any) plugins/themes out there. It is kind of an
 obscure corner of WordPress.

 I see that 1) there haven't been any changes in this part of the code
 since 2008 and 2) this change would allow better documentation for the
 case of a missing Default theme. (##11282, #14175)

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