[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #22400: Remove all, or at least most, uses of extract() within WordPress

[WordPress Trac]

#22400: Remove all, or at least most, uses of extract() within WordPress
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 Reporter:  Viper007Bond    |       Type:  enhancement
   Status:  new             |   Priority:  lowest
Milestone:  Future Release  |  Component:  General
  Version:  3.4.2           |   Severity:  minor
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |
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 `extract()` is a terrible function that makes code harder to debug and
 harder to understand. We should discourage it's use and remove all of our
 uses of it.

 Joseph Scott has [http://josephscott.org/archives/2009/02/i-dont-like-
 phps-extract-function/ a good write-up of why it's bad].

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