[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57487: Add support for "development mode"

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#57487: Add support for "development mode"
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 Reporter:  azaozz                               |       Owner:  flixos90
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-dev-  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by flixos90):

 Replying to [comment:55 azaozz]:
 > Seems `wp_in_development_mode()` lacks the ability to detect "any" dev.
 mode. I.e. a possible (desirable) future use of development mode would be
 to do strict checks, and throw more fatal errors. That should be enabled
 in "any" dev. mode.

 Why is that needed now? The reason that this ticket was created was due to
 a need for ''specific'' development modes. The question "Is my site in
 (general) development mode?" could have just been as easily answered by
 `WP_DEBUG`.

 All use-cases that we currently have are for specific development modes.
 If there is a real use-case where it becomes useful to check for `any`
 development mode, we can reconsider, but it's a long-standing core
 philosophy to not make API decisions without concrete use-cases, so this
 should be considered only if/when it's actually needed.

 We can always add more supported development mode values, and we can
 always add a default and make the function parameter optional, without
 breaking backward compatibility. We can't do the reverse though. So
 decisions for ''adding'' something should be based on actual use-cases
 present.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57487#comment:62>
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