Last modified: 2012-11-01 00:38:26 UTC
When wfMsgExt() is called with the 'parse' or 'parseinline' option while $wgTitle is null (say, from a parser hook while parsing stuff in the API), a fatal error occurs. Either the dependency on $wgTitle should be removed, or wfMsgExt() should handle this case gracefully.
cf. bug 17329. IMHO the only way to solve both bugs properly is to write an own member function of $wgParser (->msgExt)? and use it from within the parser instead relying on global functions which in turn rely on $wgTitle.
(In reply to comment #1) > cf. bug 17329. > IMHO the only way to solve both bugs properly is to write an own member > function of $wgParser (->msgExt)? and use it from within the parser instead > relying on global functions which in turn rely on $wgTitle. > I think wfMsgExt() using e.g. "Msg" as a dummy title (I seem to recall it did that once) would be good enough. Hardly anyone relies on {{PAGENAME}}-like stuff in such messages anyway.
(In reply to comment #2) > I think wfMsgExt() using e.g. "Msg" as a dummy title (I seem to recall it did > that once) would be good enough. Hardly anyone relies on {{PAGENAME}}-like > stuff in such messages anyway. > Not a bad idea. How many places are we working around this so far? It would make far more sense to just throw a dummy title in there.
(In reply to comment #2) > I think wfMsgExt() using e.g. "Msg" as a dummy title (I seem to recall it did > that once) would be good enough. Hardly anyone relies on {{PAGENAME}}-like > stuff in such messages anyway. Well, that would be another dirty hack, wouldn't it? There could be a {{PAGENAME}} in nearly any customized message. See for example bug 17442, where apparently this behavior caused a lot of confusion.
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > I think wfMsgExt() using e.g. "Msg" as a dummy title (I seem to recall it did > > that once) would be good enough. Hardly anyone relies on {{PAGENAME}}-like > > stuff in such messages anyway. > > > > Not a bad idea. How many places are we working around this so far? It would > make far more sense to just throw a dummy title in there. > Did this in r50132, but of course it's just a temporary workaround. Code unnecessarily depending on $wgTitle should die.
Deprecated function, no comments since 2009, so resolving wontfix.
