Req #54069 [NEW]: Improve parser about affecting a closure by reference

From: Operating system: *nix PHP version: 5.3.5 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Improve parser about affecting a closure by reference Description: ------------ When affecting a closure by reference, the parser doesn't recognize the pattern and issues a parse error. It could be better to explicitly notice the error Test script: --------------- $a = &function () { }; Expected result: ---------------- Some kind of "Warning, Closure cannot be assigned by reference" Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54069&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=54069&r=mysqlcfg