Index: wp-includes/formatting.php
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--- wp-includes/formatting.php	(revision 5797)
+++ wp-includes/formatting.php	(working copy)
@@ -413,8 +413,14 @@
 	return $text;
 }
 
+function balanceTags( $text, $force = false ) {
+	if ( !$force && get_option('use_balanceTags') == 0 )
+		return $text;
+	return force_balance_tags( $text );
+}
+
 /*
- balanceTags
+ force_balance_tags
 
  Balances Tags of string using a modified stack.
 
@@ -433,11 +439,7 @@
 	     Added Cleaning Hooks
 	1.0  First Version
 */
-function balanceTags($text, $force = false) {
-
-	if ( !$force && get_option('use_balanceTags') == 0 )
-		return $text;
-
+function force_balance_tags( $text ) {
 	$tagstack = array(); $stacksize = 0; $tagqueue = ''; $newtext = '';
 
 	# WP bug fix for comments - in case you REALLY meant to type '< !--'
@@ -534,10 +536,6 @@
 	return $newtext;
 }
 
-function force_balance_tags($text) {
-	return balanceTags($text, true);
-}
-
 function format_to_edit($content, $richedit = false) {
 	$content = apply_filters('format_to_edit', $content);
 	if (! $richedit )