[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #37699: Death to Globals Episode #1: A Registry, A Pattern

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#37699: Death to Globals Episode #1: A Registry, A Pattern
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 Reporter:  wonderboymusic  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  General         |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by MikeSchinkel):

 Replying to [comment:78 F J Kaiser]:
 > That is ''well-architected'' as it is open for extension – without
 constantly changing the access layer to the code base as soon as a new
 object gets implemented.

 Is your point that using `WP::get( '<global_state>' )` means that we could
 easily add any new global state we wanted without having to modify the
 `WP` class?

 If so, do you believe that making it easy to add global state to an
 application is a virtue? Especially when you can do so without any point
 in the source code where people who know to go and look for documentation
 about your newly added global state?

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