[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #18302: Improve child theme file inheritance by introducing `theme_url()` to locate a file URI

[WordPress Trac]

#18302: Improve child theme file inheritance by introducing `theme_url()` to locate
a file URI
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 Reporter:  johnbillion                          |       Owner:  westi
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  reviewing
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
Component:  Themes                               |  Release
 Severity:  normal                               |     Version:
 Keywords:  has-patch westi-likes needs-unit-    |  Resolution:
  tests                                          |     Focuses:  template
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Comment (by johnjamesjacoby):

 Replying to [comment:66 georgestephanis]:
 > Yeah, we'd suggested that earlier, but occasionally the parent theme
 will want to include a file that they don't want the child theme to
 override.

 Themes are for styling output to the browser, they are not for dictating
 what other libraries can or cannot do inside the application. Allowing
 themes to black-list which template parts and assets child themes can
 never override is a slippery slope.

 Themes would go from 'not officially supporting BuddyPress' to 'officially
 not supporting BuddyPress' which seems like behavior we wouldn't want to
 enable.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18302#comment:78>
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