Index: wp-includes/functions-formatting.php
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--- wp-includes/functions-formatting.php	(revision 3700)
+++ wp-includes/functions-formatting.php	(working copy)
@@ -383,8 +383,14 @@
 	return $text;
 }
 
+function balanceTags($text, $is_comment = 0) {
+	if ( get_options('use_balanceTags') == 0 )
+		return $text;
+	return wpbalancetags($text, $is_comment);
+}
+
 /*
- balanceTags
+ wpbalancetags
  
  Balances Tags of string using a modified stack.
  
@@ -402,11 +408,8 @@
                   Added Cleaning Hooks
              1.0  First Version
 */
-function balanceTags($text, $is_comment = 0) {
+function wpbalancetags($text, $is_comment = 0) {
 
-	if ( get_option('use_balanceTags') == 0)
-		return $text;
-
 	$tagstack = array(); $stacksize = 0; $tagqueue = ''; $newtext = '';
 
 	# WP bug fix for comments - in case you REALLY meant to type '< !--'