Why will using __construct instead of widget_class_name when creating widget trigger out of memory error

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Because widget_name::__construct() calls WP_Widget::WP_Widget(), which in turn calls widget_name::__construct() etc.

A simple solution would be to make widget_name::__construct() call WP_Widget::__construct() directly.

Also see http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16768#comment:9

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