[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20201: wp.Options lies about the updatability of options.

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Tue May 29 14:12:56 UTC 2012


#20201: wp.Options lies about the updatability of options.
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 Reporter:  westi                  |       Owner:  westi
     Type:  defect (bug)           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  low                    |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  XML-RPC                |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  3.5-early westi-likes  |
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Comment (by nacin):

 I think this makes sense, but it also makes me wonder what the definition
 of 'readonly' is. There are two ways to look at it: A) the option is
 generally writable, B) the current user can write to a writable option.

 Currently, we're dealing with method A. This patch will change it to
 method B.

 I doubt many applications are using wp.getOptions to determine generally
 writable fields, but I could understand how the UI could be implemented
 differently, based on the context. Say, text for a read-only option,
 versus a disabled field if they don't have the ability to edit that
 option.

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