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335      /**
336       * Filters an option before its value is (maybe) serialized and updated.
337       *
338       * @since 3.9.0
339       *
340       * @param mixed  $value     The new, unserialized option value.
341       * @param string $option    Name of the option.
342       * @param mixed  $old_value The old option value.
343       */
344      $value = apply_filters( 'pre_update_option', $value, $option, $old_value );
345
346      /*
347       * If the new and old values are the same, no need to update.
348       *
349       * Unserialized values will be adequate in most cases. If the unserialized
350       * data differs, the (maybe) serialized data is checked to avoid
351       * unnecessary database calls for otherwise identical object instances.
352       *
353       * See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38903