[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20542: Extend register_widget to allow passing params as second argument

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#20542: Extend register_widget to allow passing params as second argument
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 Reporter:  codearachnid  |       Owner:  codearachnid
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by cmmarslender):

 Replying to [comment:6 westonruter]:
 > Re: [attachment:20542.diff], I've seen cases where a plugin expects the
 array keys of `$wp_widget_factory->widgets` to be the actual class names.
 That being said, they could (and perhaps should) be doing `get_class()` on
 the array values, but they'd need to be updated to do so.

 Unless $args is non-empty, the key is the name of the class, so this would
 still work for you average widget -Only time hash is added is if $args has
 a value of some sort

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