[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17276: custom post type problems needs addressed

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#17276: custom post type problems needs addressed
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 Reporter:  squeeky      |       Owner:  squeeky
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Post Types   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |
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Comment (by squeeky):

 LOL - no, i'm not about to ask that post types are stored persistently
 somewhere - but i will say this :

 what really confused me is the names of the functions...
 - register_post_type
 - register_taxonomy
 i'm not saying change this (fact is i don't want you to change it) - i'm
 only commenting on what confused me so - and that is:

 the functions really 'should' be called
 - recognize_post_type
 - recognize_taxonomy
 because it seems that's what the functions are actually doing -
 "recognizing" (acknowledging) rather than registering
 - to register something, by definition, means to gather its info and store
 it persistently somewhere - by definition: to add it to a book or list
 again, i am not saying this should be changed, i am only saying what
 confused me > a function called "register_..." that does not register
 anything - who would of thunk it.

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 but no > the auto-flush method i thought of does not involve storing post
 types persistently somewhere ;)

 and maybe the method i thought is not as efficient as i thought because of
 that - but i'm sure you can figure out hoe efficient it would be...

 first thing within register_post_type run test to see if post type is
 "registered" yet / if not set flag $new_post_type to TRUE

 then where fitting:
 IF( $new_post_type ) auto-flush

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