[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #7666: Load template loop functions only when the template loop is initialized

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#7666: Load template loop functions only when the template loop is initialized
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 Reporter:  r-a-y                   |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement             |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                  |   Milestone:  Under Consideration
Component:  Core                    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback  |
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Changes (by DJPaul):

 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Under Consideration


Comment:

 Recording what @johnjamesjacoby said on Slack:


   I’m reluctant to get behind this, for a few reasons I never thought I’d
 say.
   *We can’t lazy/auto load functions
   *Modern PHP versions mitigate a lot of this
   *Back compat for whos-knows-what in widgets means it’s hard to _stop_
 including stuff that’s always been around
   *`bp_is_active()` is the component layer of this kind of can-i-use-this
 API. A `bp_function_exists()` API to handle it (even internally) would add
 foreign complexity
   *Compelling benchmarks to prove what the impact is would convince me. If
 we score a 25% memory reduction with zero core breakage (for example)
 would be hard to say no to, even with some potential breakage

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