[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29918: Allow script localization to be set on wp_register_script

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#29918: Allow script localization to be set on wp_register_script
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 Reporter:  jadpm            |      Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Script Loader    |    Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 Not sure if that has been asked before, could not find it.

 Let script_a.js be a script that needs some localization. Let script_b.js
 be a script that has script_a.js as a dependency. We can register both of
 them with the right dependency settings, and enqueue just script_b.js.
 This will enqueue script_a.js, but we have no way of localizing it. The
 only way to do so is to enqueue script_a.js manually, making the
 dependency feature useless.

 The goal should be to have the localization data ready on enqueue time, no
 matter whether the script is being used as a dependency or not. As you can
 add multiple localizations to the same script, this should not break
 existing calls to wp_localize_script.

 I see that the registering of both styles and scripts is handled by the
 same base method WP_Dependencies::add, so this might not be as simple as
 to add another parameter to wp_register_script. Anyhow, this would be a
 very nice feature.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/29918>
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