[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:  closed
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  General                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:  fixed
 Keywords:  has-unit-tests has-dev-note needs-   |     Focuses:
  patch                                          |
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Changes (by azaozz):

 * keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests has-dev-note => has-unit-tests has-
     dev-note needs-patch


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:69 flixos90]:

 > what is being discussed here does not fit in the scope of this ticket

 Not so sure about that :)

 The scope of this ticket is to add support for a development mode, not to
 decide how fragmented that support should be.

 > The reason WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE was introduced was to allow certain core
 behaviors to change based on what kind of development is happening...

 That's not exactly true too. The idea is/was to be able to set development
 mode in general, with some additional settings that could be used in
 particular cases. However the main use of `WP_DEVELOPMENT_MODE` remains a
 boolean: true/false. That's the most useful part of it.

 Anyway, unfortunately the new helper function `wp_in_development_mode()`
 is now incapable to fulfill that requirement so all places that need to
 check whether a development more is enabled or not will have to check the
 constant directly. Not a huge deal, just... inconsistent and makes it hard
 to test :(

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/57487#comment:71>
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