[wp-xmlrpc] possible bug: deleteComment, etc say you're not authorized when comment doesn't exist

[Alexander Concha]

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Ryan B <wp-xmlrpc at ryanb.org> wrote:
> hi wp-xmlrpc! i noticed an odd behavior today with a few methods like
> deleteComment and editComment. if you give them a nonexistent comment
> id, they say "you're not allowed to moderate this comment," even when
> you are allowed. it seems like they should say the comment doesn't
> exist. this seems like a bug, since deletePage, etc do tell you that
> the page doesn't exist.
>
> can you all confirm? if so, i'll gladly send the patch, it's pretty
> trivial. thanks!

Yes, the condition "if ( ! get_comment($comment_ID) )" should be done first.

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