[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16494: Remove "no conflict" mode from bundled jquery

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#16494: Remove "no conflict" mode from bundled jquery
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 Reporter:  lloydbudd           |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low                 |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  External Libraries  |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  minor               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                      |
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Comment (by filosofo):

 Replying to [comment:4 ericmann]:
 > Prototype isn't the only library that uses `$`.  So does MooTools.  And
 there are plenty of plug-ins out there that depend on MooTools.

 I agree that MooTools presents a problem.  What a strange and infelicitous
 bandwagon for these library authors all to jump on.

 > > The problem with educating developers is that typically the assumption
 is upstream, both in the plugin libraries and in the web tutorials, and
 the people using them don't have the knowledge necessary to make the
 changes.
 >
 > The problem with educating developers is that no one bothers to educated
 developers.  We make the assumption that people won't learn and try to
 protect them from their own incompetence by making systems "idiot proof."

 The point I was trying to make is that the ''developers'' are not the ones
 using WordPress.  It's farther down the food chain: theme designers and
 others who are ''not'' programmers of any sort, but who follow copy-paste
 tutorials to reproduce slick JS effects in their themes.   These folks are
 not going to be able to correct the plugins of some jQuery plugin author
 upstream, someone who is not even working with WordPress.

 > It's easy to remap `jQuery` to `$` as well if you need it, and most of
 your theme's script will need to fire on the page's ready event anyway ...
 >

 Save a few characters and do it this way:

 {{{
 jQuery(function($){
 }}}

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