[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43895: Organize privacy functions into logical files and classes

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#43895: Organize privacy functions into logical files and classes
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 Reporter:  iandunn      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General      |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  gdpr
  Focuses:               |
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 Many new functions and classes are being created in 4.9.6 for the privacy
 features, but they can only be added in existing files, because it's a
 point release (and they have to be in the next point release, because
 GDPR).

 That results in a bit of a mess, since functions are tacked on to
 unrelated files, or files that already have thousands of lines of code.
 The codebase would be much more maintainable if we can migrate logical
 groups of functions to their own file, and move classes to their own
 files.

 We may need to consider back-compat issues, like plugins including `wp-
 admin/includes/file.php` in order to call a function that resides there in
 `4.9.6`. Ideally this should be done in 5.0, to minimize the time where
 plugins will start to rely on functions being available in certain files.

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