[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27246: Add function to get the excerpt outside the loop

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#27246: Add function to get the excerpt outside the loop
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 Reporter:  Atoon              |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement        |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |     Version:  3.8.1
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch        |     Focuses:  template
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Comment (by SergeyBiryukov):

 `$fakeit` was originally introduced in [87], unused since [2341].

 I think it's safe to undeprecate it and treat it as a post ID if a numeric
 value or a post object is passed.

 That still doesn't make it consistent with `get_the_content()` though...

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