Index: trunk/core/kernel/application.php
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diff -u -N -r8598 -r8605
--- trunk/core/kernel/application.php	(.../application.php)	(revision 8598)
+++ trunk/core/kernel/application.php	(.../application.php)	(revision 8605)
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@
 	var $CompilationCache = array(); //used when compiling templates
 	var $CachedProcessors = array(); //used when running compiled templates
 
+	var $LambdaElements = 1; // for autonumbering unnamed RenderElements [any better place for this prop? KT]
+
 	/**
 	* Returns kApplication instance anywhere in the script.
  	*
@@ -1123,7 +1125,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (getArrayValue($params, 'opener') == 'u') {
+		if (isset($params['opener']) && $params['opener'] == 'u') {
 			$wid = $this->Application->GetVar('m_wid');
 			$stack_name = rtrim('opener_stack_'.$wid, '_');
 			$opener_stack = $this->RecallVar($stack_name);
@@ -1195,7 +1197,8 @@
 		}
 
 		// append pass through variables to each link to be build
-		$params = array_merge_recursive2($this->getPassThroughVariables($params), $params);
+//		$params = array_merge_recursive2($this->getPassThroughVariables($params), $params);
+		$params = array_merge($this->getPassThroughVariables($params), $params);
 
 		if ($force_rewrite || ($this->RewriteURLs($ssl) && !$no_rewrite))
 		{
@@ -1496,7 +1499,7 @@
 			$params['admin'] = 1;
 		}
 
-		if( getArrayValue($params,'escape') )
+		if( isset($params['escape']) && $params['escape'] )
 		{
 			$ret = addslashes($ret);
 			unset($params['escape']);