get_the_excerpt() causing PHP notices. Undefined variable $post and Trying to get property of non object

[c3mdigital]

In r21759 calling the_excerpt() generates 2 PHP Notices. See call stacks below.

Patch adds $post = get_post(); to get_the_excerpt();

 Notice: Undefined variable: post in /Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-includes/post-template.php on line 268
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	231808	{main}( )	../index.php:0
2	0.0003	235024	require( '/Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-blog-header.php' )	../index.php:17
3	0.2340	13729696	require_once( '/Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-includes/template-loader.php' )	../wp-blog-header.php:16
4	0.2351	13741520	include( '/Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-content/themes/wp-unframework/index.php' )	../template-loader.php:43
5	0.2578	13820544	Wpu_Functions::post_content( )	../index.php:18
6	0.2640	13833392	get_the_excerpt( )	../functions.php:166

Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-includes/post-template.php on line 268
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0002	231808	{main}( )	../index.php:0
2	0.0003	235024	require( '/Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-blog-header.php' )	../index.php:17
3	0.2340	13729696	require_once( '/Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-includes/template-loader.php' )	../wp-blog-header.php:16
4	0.2351	13741520	include( '/Users/chris/Sites/wp-trunk/wp-content/themes/wp-unframework/index.php' )	../template-loader.php:43
5	0.2838	13839360	Wpu_Functions::post_content( )	../index.php:18
6	0.2839	13839504	get_the_excerpt( )	../functions.php:166

[SergeyBiryukov]

Related: [21735] (for #21309).

[Ipstenu]

Tested and works :) Makes my custom excerpts come back nicely ;)

Bumping severity since this 'bug' also caused the_excerpt() to totally ignore any and all custom excerpts. Which is teh bad.

[ryan]

In [21767]:

Restore in get_the_excerpt(). Props c3mdigital. fixes #21797