Link Template: Allow the `type` argument to be passed through `get_the_comments_pagination()` as long as its value isn't `array`.

See [30820] for `get_the_posts_pagination().

Props jainnidhi, poena.
Fixes #39792.
Built from https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@41236


git-svn-id: http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@41076 1a063a9b-81f0-0310-95a4-ce76da25c4cd

wp-includes/link-template.php

@@ -2872,8 +2872,10 @@ function get_the_comments_pagination( $args = array() ) {
 	) );
 	$args['echo'] = false;
 
-	// Make sure we get plain links, so we get a string we can work with.
-	$args['type'] = 'plain';
+	// Make sure we get a string back. Plain is the next best thing.
+	if ( isset( $args['type'] ) && 'array' == $args['type'] ) {
+		$args['type'] = 'plain';
+	}
 
 	$links = paginate_comments_links( $args );
 

wp-includes/version.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41235';
+$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-41236';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.