[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38323: Reconsider $object_subtype handling in `register_meta()`

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#38323: Reconsider $object_subtype handling in `register_meta()`
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 Reporter:  flixos90                             |       Owner:  flixos90
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  Options, Meta APIs                   |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-unit-tests needs-    |     Focuses:  rest-api
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Comment (by tharsheblows):

 This adds in some tests for the patch which extends `register_meta` to
 include subtypes. I've only done them for posts and terms as additional
 tests don't add anything for comments and users.

 For comments, although there are comment subtypes, there's nothing like
 `register_comment_type` which can be used to add proper REST API support
 for custom comment types. There's discussion of that in #35214 but I think
 probably beyond the scope here.

 One thing I noticed doing them was that because `register_meta` for
 comments and users doesn't change at all, the suggestion by @helen
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC26G/p1526663921000189 on
 Slack] seems to me to make sense, ie wrapper functions now for the objects
 which have subtypes and adding them in later for the others when they get
 subtypes.

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