id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
3014,why use the @?,Denis-de-Bernardy,,"Pinning down a bug on a customer server lead me to removing an '@':

{{{
Warning: dir() has been disabled for security reasons (...)
}}}

The pesky line in question was:

{{{
$themes_dir = @ dir($theme_root);
}}}

But there's plenty of other calls to:

{{{
@ dir(...)
}}}

Why in the bloody hell would anyone want WordPress to silence this kind of error? It should spit something along the lines of ""Your host sucks, change it now.""",defect (bug),closed,normal,,Administration,2.0.4,normal,wontfix,needs-patch dev-feedback,