[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33440: Deprecated PHP4 style constructor warnings make debugging hard

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#33440: Deprecated PHP4 style constructor warnings make debugging hard
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 Reporter:  McGuive7                            |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  Widgets                             |  Review
 Severity:  normal                              |     Version:  4.3
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion dev-feedback  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by jorbin):

 I've submitted a patch via slack to @nacin for Log Deprecated Notices to
 include deprecated constructor support.

 Are we able to guarantee that WP_Widget will never be called staticly and
 thus without $this being set?  If get_class() is called with anything
 other than an object, an E_WARNING level error is raised.

 New translatable strings are fine for 4.4.  I'm sure there will be plenty
 of them.

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