[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #55942: Add a "value type" parameter to get_option() and get_metadata()

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#55942: Add a "value type" parameter to get_option() and get_metadata()
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 Reporter:  azaozz              |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  Options, Meta APIs  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal              |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-testing       |     Focuses:  performance
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Changes (by flixos90):

 * keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-testing => needs-testing


Comment:

 Removing these two keywords for now since any patch attached is still
 preliminary based on all the still ongoing discussion on the high-level
 approach.

 Again, rather than continuing to discuss the low-level technical
 implementation, I suggest we take a step back here and think about what we
 want to achieve as part of this ticket. There are two concerns being mixed
 up which have different implications, including on backward compatibility.

 1. Avoiding calls to `maybe_unserialize()` is a performance related
 effort.
 2. Ensuring specific data types are returned from `get_option()` calls is
 not performance related and more about developer experience, e.g. to avoid
 having to type-cast every return value from that function.

 I think those should be two different tickets which ''maybe'' are related,
 but I think the discussion here is unnecessarily complicating the 1. goal
 by combining it with the 2. goal, which wasn't the original point of this
 ticket as far as I can tell.

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