[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12812: New Nav Menu needs to have ancestor class

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#12812: New Nav Menu needs to have ancestor class
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 Reporter:  joostdevalk  |       Owner:  filosofo                            
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new                                 
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  3.0                                 
Component:  Menus        |     Version:                                      
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  has-patch dev-feedback needs-testing
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Comment(by filosofo):

 I think the proposed patch is the wrong way to do this.
 {{{wp_setup_nav_menu_item}}} decorates a menu object.  If you think of
 menus in terms of MVC such objects are part of the model, not the view
 (and it's the view that handles things like context-specific HTML
 classes).

 I'm not just objecting out of academic concern for architectural purity or
 good software design. {{{wp_setup_nav_menu_item}}} has a clear, discrete
 purpose which is independent of global state.  Trying to account for
 global state here almost guarantees bugs or hacks to get around bugs in
 the future.

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