Index: wp-includes/link-template.php
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--- wp-includes/link-template.php	(revision 15581)
+++ wp-includes/link-template.php	(working copy)
@@ -2288,4 +2288,27 @@
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * Retrieve the edit link for a given author.
+ *
+ * Returns a link to the edit page of a given author. If no author
+ * ID is specified, the user ID will be taken from the $authordata global.
+ *
+ * @param int $author_id ID of an author.
+*/
+function edit_user_link( $author_id == 0 )() {
+	echo apply_filters('the_permalink', get_permalink($author_id));
+}
+
+function get_edit_user_link( $author_id == 0 ) {
+	global $authordata;
+	$author_id = (int) $author_id;
+	
+	if ( 0 == $author_id ) {
+		$author_id = (int) $authordata->ID;
+	}
+	
+	$location = get_bloginfo( 'wpurl' ) . '/user-edit.php?user_id=' . $author_id;
+	return apply_filters( 'edit_user_link', $location );
+}
 ?>