[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21547: Enable 'delocalization' of scripts

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#21547: Enable 'delocalization' of scripts
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 Reporter:  gkb6891      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |
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Comment (by westi):

 Replying to [comment:2 gkb6891]:
 > Replying to [comment:1 scribu]:
 > > That patch looks fine.
 > >
 > > The question is: why would you need to 'delocalize' a script?
 >
 > It's not necessarily for internationalization. In my case, at
 Automattic, the WordPress.com plugin I was working on uses
 wp_localize_script to pass dynamic properties to a static javascript file.
 >
 > Here's the specific scenario: we run multiple a/b tests each of which
 needs some dynamic parameters passed to a static javascript file. Each of
 these a/b tests enqueues the static javascript file if it's not already
 been enqueued.
 >
 > The current implementation of wp_localize_script simply creates a new JS
 object each time it's called. This often leads to duplicate objects or
 overwriting existing objects. A developer (like me in this case) might
 want to modify the existing JS object instead of creating a new one. It's
 easy to simply delocalize the script by passing the handle and calling
 wp_localize_script one more time.

 I'm not yet convinced this is a good justification for doing this.

 I'm pretty sure we can re-work your code to make it not need this, we can
 talk about it later.

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