id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
13934	$current_user unfounded assumptions	filosofo	filosofo	"Currently, a number of places in the code (mainly in MS areas) assume that `$current_user` is a defined global object, when in fact that's not a safe assumption to make.

For most of the cases, `$current_user` is brought into scope just to get the current user's ID; in that case `get_current_user_id()` is much more reliable.

For the others, `$current_user` should be explicitly defined to make sure that
 * If it has not been instantiated, it now will be.
 * The pluggable functions get to instantiate it, if applicable. 

Patch calls `get_current_user_id()` when that's what's desired; in the other instances it makes sure that it is defined appropriately."	defect (bug)	closed	normal	3.0.1	Users	3.0	normal	fixed	has-patch