Bug #62171 [NEW]: "Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency?" in case of ===

From: ray dot burgemeestre at gmail dot com Operating system: linux PHP version: 5.4.3 Package: *Programming Data Structures Bug Type: Bug Bug description:"Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency?" in case of === Description: ------------ Is it expected behaviour that === can trigger a Nesting level too deep error? Test script: --------------- <?php $a = array(&$a); $a === $a; ?> Expected result: ---------------- I would expect $a === $a to return true. Actual result: -------------- $ php test.php PHP Fatal error: Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency? in /srv/www/htdocs/test.php on line 3 Fatal error: Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency? in /srv/www/htdocs/test.php on line 3 $ php -v PHP 5.4.3 (cli) (built: May 26 2012 22:29:08) Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.4.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62171&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62171&r=mysqlcfg