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Replace Closure call syntax ( $fn )( ...$args ) with equivalent call_user_func( $fn, ...$args ).

This prevents an issue with the WordPress documentation parser and removes a block to generating updated documentation:

Parse Error: Syntax error, unexpected '('

Follow-up to [58304].
See #61348.

Trac ticket: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64224

Prevents one issue with `phpdoc-parser`

See 163c3fd.

Follow-up to [58304].
See #61348.
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This is working well and should be behaviorally the same.

Despite being fine syntactically, it addresses an issue with the documentation parser that fails to recognize this syntax.

I think we can land this as part of general docs improvements in ticket https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64224.

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Replace `( $fn )( ...$args )` syntax with equivalent `call_user_func( $fn, ...$args )` to prevent an issue with the WordPress documentation parser. The parser would fail when encountering this syntax, preventing documentation generation.

Developed in #10907.

Follow-up to [58304].

Props dmsnell, jonsurrell.
See #64224, #61348.


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@61624 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82
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sirreal commented Feb 12, 2026

Merged in r61624.

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@sirreal sirreal deleted the html-api/universal-syntax branch February 12, 2026 15:49
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