/**
  * Get default postmeta for a View.
  *
  * Combine self::$postmeta_defaults with defaults common for Views and WPAs.
  *
  * @return array
  */
 protected function get_postmeta_defaults() {
     $parent_postmeta = parent::get_postmeta_defaults();
     $this_postmeta = WPV_View_Embedded::$postmeta_defaults;
     return wpv_array_merge_recursive_distinct( $parent_postmeta, $this_postmeta );
 }
/**
 * array_merge_recursive does indeed merge arrays, but it converts values with duplicate
 * keys to arrays rather than overwriting the value in the first array with the duplicate
 * value in the second array, as array_merge does. I.e., with array_merge_recursive,
 * this happens (documented behavior):
 *
 * array_merge_recursive(array('key' => 'org value'), array('key' => 'new value'));
 *     => array('key' => array('org value', 'new value'));
 *
 * array_merge_recursive_distinct does not change the datatypes of the values in the arrays.
 * Matching keys' values in the second array overwrite those in the first array, as is the
 * case with array_merge, i.e.:
 *
 * array_merge_recursive_distinct(array('key' => 'org value'), array('key' => 'new value'));
 *     => array('key' => array('new value'));
 *
 * Parameters are passed by reference, though only for performance reasons. They're not
 * altered by this function.
 *
 * @param array $array1
 * @param array $array2
 * @return array
 * @author Daniel <daniel (at) danielsmedegaardbuus (dot) dk>
 * @author Gabriel Sobrinho <gabriel (dot) sobrinho (at) gmail (dot) com>
 */
function wpv_array_merge_recursive_distinct( array &$array1, array &$array2 ) {
    $merged = $array1;

    foreach ( $array2 as $key => &$value )
    {
        if ( is_array ( $value ) && isset ( $merged [$key] ) && is_array ( $merged [$key] ) )
        {
            $merged [$key] = wpv_array_merge_recursive_distinct ( $merged [$key], $value );
        }
        else
        {
            $merged [$key] = $value;
        }
    }

    return $merged;
}