[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #32257: Patch: add support for multi-line textarea sanitization

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#32257: Patch: add support for multi-line textarea sanitization
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 Reporter:  ottok        |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Security     |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Comment (by tomauger):

 Wow, I totally hate using a string instead of a boolean flag - unless you
 take the trouble to create a constant for all valid options to be passed
 to the string variable, which is definitely overkill in the case where a
 Boolean is clearly the correct variable type.

 Sure, the code is more readable at a glance, but it's less writable -
 every time you're using a new method, instead of an obviously-named
 boolean flag, you have to refer to the source code and look up the allowed
 values. Is it "strip", "remove", "clean", "none"? Darn, better look it up.

 As for readability of USAGE, well, in most IDEs you can just insert the
 cursor and lookup the function signature.

 Sorry, I realize this isn't the place to debate already documented
 styleguide points, but I thought @Ottok's initial approach with the
 boolean flag was the way to go.

 /soapbox_rant

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