function bb_get_current_commenter()
{
    bb_log_deprecated('function', __FUNCTION__, 'bb_get_current_poster');
    extract(bb_get_current_poster());
    return array('comment_author' => $post_author, 'comment_email' => $post_author_email, 'comment_author_url' => $post_author_url);
}
<?php

// Setup $current_poster varaible on post edit
if (bb_is_topic_edit()) {
    foreach (array('post_author', 'post_email', 'post_url') as $post_author_meta) {
        $current_poster[$post_author_meta] = bb_get_post_meta($post_author_meta, $post_id);
    }
    // Shift $current_poster values from cookie
} else {
    $current_poster = bb_get_current_poster();
    $current_poster['post_email'] = $current_poster['post_author_email'];
    $current_poster['post_url'] = $current_poster['post_author_url'];
}
?>

	<p id="post-form-author-container">
		<label for="author"><?php 
_e('Author');
?>
			<input type="text" name="author" id="author" size="50" tabindex="30" aria-required="true" value="<?php 
echo esc_attr($current_poster['post_author']);
?>
" />
		</label>
	</p>

	<p id="post-form-email-container">
		<label for="email"><?php 
_e('Email');
?>
			<input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="50" tabindex="31" aria-required="true" value="<?php