Get menu items of WordPress nav menu attached to specified menu location

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<?php

/**
 * Get menu items of nav menu attached to specified menu location
 *
 * @uses get_nav_menu_locations()
 */
function pilau_get_menu_location_items( $location_slug, $max = 0 ) {
	static $menu_locations = null;
	if ( $menu_locations === null )
		$menu_locations = get_nav_menu_locations();
	$menu = $menu_locations[ $location_slug ];
	$menu = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu );
	if ( $max && count( $menu ) > $max )
		$menu = array_slice( $menu, 0, $max );
	$items = array();
	foreach ( $menu as $menu_item )
		$items[] = get_post( $menu_item->object_id );
	return $items;
}