[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #57987: Introduce new `wp_word_count` function

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#57987: Introduce new `wp_word_count` function
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 Reporter:  wildworks                            |       Owner:  pbearne
     Type:  enhancement                          |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:
Component:  Editor                               |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests needs-      |     Focuses:
  testing                                        |
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Comment (by dmsnell):

 @wildworks when it’s time to re-open this I would encourage updating the
 JavaScript library as well, which should also have full access to the ICU
 word segmentation through [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-
 US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl/Segmenter/Segmenter
 Intl.Segmenter].

 The value of matching JS and PHP values is obvious, but I think less so
 when the counts are wrong. If we add in the tolerance given by the
 assumptions about reading speed in the time-to-read block we should have
 even more practical flexibility in defining these.

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