[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #25280: wp_localize_script unexpectedly converts numbers to strings

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#25280: wp_localize_script unexpectedly converts numbers to strings
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 Reporter:  adamsilverstein         |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  4.0
Component:  I18N                    |     Version:  3.2
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |     Focuses:  javascript
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Changes (by adamsilverstein):

 * keywords:  has-patch => has-patch dev-feedback
 * focuses:   => javascript


Comment:

 Looks good, I verified this works correctly passing numbers as numbers and
 booleans as booleans.

 I added the following code to my template:
 ```
 wp_enqueue_script( 'localize_test', get_template_directory_uri() .
 '/localize_script.js', array(), '1.0.0', true );
         $array_to_localize = array(
                 'a_string'  => __( 'Some String' ),
                 'a_number'  => 10,
                 't_boolean' => true,
                 'f_boolean' => false,
                 );

 wp_localize_script( 'localize_test', 'localized_variable',
 $array_to_localize );
 ```

 the created a localize_script.js file with the single line ```console.log(
 localized_variable );```

 result was as expected:
 [[Image(http://cl.ly/image/1N1T3a2O0J3B/revisions%20test%20%7C%20Local%20WordPress%20Trunk%20Dev%202014-05-07%2010-41-45%202014-05-07%2010-41-48.jpg)]]

 by comparison, before the patch is applied all values are passed as
 strings:
 [[Image(http://cl.ly/image/241S0m2j2c0Y/revisions%20test%20%7C%20Local%20WordPress%20Trunk%20Dev%202014-05-07%2010-42-40%202014-05-07%2010-42-41.jpg)]]

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