[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #7652: Using template loop functions in a different (or no-loop context)

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#7652: Using template loop functions in a different (or no-loop context)
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 Reporter:  DJPaul       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  Under Consideration
Component:  Core         |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:
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 There have been a few tickets recently from people wanting to use template
 loop functions outside their respective template loop, and the suggestion
 has often been along the lines that function x should accept a user ID
 parameter so that it can be used.

 I don't recall the most recent ticket this was discussed on, so I'm
 opening this one as a central ticket so we can make a decision if it's
 something we want to do, not do, or do on case-by-case basis. The
 perspectives of someone who's had to build a BuddyPress theme or customise
 an existing site's theme would be particularly useful input -- this might
 be a genuine pain point.

 List of requests for this functionality:

 * #7640 - members loop - `bp_get_send_public_message_link()`,
 `bp_get_send_private_message_link()`

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