<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Patch for WP 2.0.1 to allow comments/ping status to be set as "closed" on first post save/publish
Author: Mark Jaquith
Author URL: http://txfx.net/
*/

function txfx_empty_means_closed($status) {
	var_dump($status);
	die();
	if ( empty($status) )
		$status = 'closed';
}

add_filter('comment_status_pre', 'txfx_empty_means_closed', 1);
add_filter('ping_status_pre', 'txfx_empty_means_closed', 1);
?>