Use wp_die in place of only die in `WP_Widget::widget()`

[shakhari]

I am reading class-wp-widget.php and suddenly I have found a regular php die function where as WordPress have it's own wp_die functions and WordPress code sniffers always recommended to use wp_die.

Function name: public function widget

[swissspidy]

Hello and welcome to WordPress Trac!

This die() call in WP_Widget::widget() is meant as a warning for developers that they need to extend the method in their subclass. Nowadays such a class method would be declared as abstract, but for historical reasons that is not the case here.

Since it's a message meant for developers and not end users, there isn't really a need to use wp_die() here just because a linter says so.

[Presskopp]

duplicate of #58420

[shakhari]

Hello @swissspidy
Thanks for the clarifications regarding the topic.

Thanks,