[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35378: Incorrect comment ordering when comment threading is turned off

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#35378: Incorrect comment ordering when comment threading is turned off
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 Reporter:  jmdodd        |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Comments      |    Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  template      |
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 `comments_template()` performs all comment queries with
 `$comment_args['hierarchical'] = 'threaded'` rather than checking the site
 option for `thread_comments`. When comment display is no longer threaded,
 the comments appear in flattened hierarchical order rather than
 chronologically. This is a regression from 4.3.2, where turning off
 threading resulted in comments ordered chronologically.

 A conditional check also needs to be added prior to getting each comment's
 children. This operation is only needed when the array of `$_comments`
 contains only top-level comments.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35378>
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