Don't assign wp_the_query to wp_query by reference. Removing the ref avoids accidentally stomping wp_the_query.

Props scribu, wpmuguru
fixes #22125


git-svn-id: https://develop.svn.wordpress.org/trunk@22434 602fd350-edb4-49c9-b593-d223f7449a82

wp-includes/query.php

@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ function set_query_var($var, $value) {
  * @return array List of posts
  */
 function query_posts($query) {
-	unset($GLOBALS['wp_query']);
 	$GLOBALS['wp_query'] = new WP_Query();
 	return $GLOBALS['wp_query']->query($query);
 }
@@ -103,7 +102,6 @@ function query_posts($query) {
  * @uses $wp_query
  */
 function wp_reset_query() {
-	unset($GLOBALS['wp_query']);
 	$GLOBALS['wp_query'] = $GLOBALS['wp_the_query'];
 	wp_reset_postdata();
 }