#24477 [Fbk->Bgs]: Problem returning new class by ref from function

From: Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:58:48 +0000
Subject: #24477 [Fbk->Bgs]: Problem returning new class by ref from function
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 ID:               24477
 Updated by:       sniper@php.net
 Reported By:      karl at karlaustin dot com
-Status:           Feedback
+Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         Zend Engine 2 problem
 Operating System: RH7.3
 PHP Version:      5CVS-2003-07-03 (dev)
 New Comment:

Same as bug #24687 (add your comments there, if any)



Previous Comments:
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[2003-07-29 04:45:56] jsemczyk at elv dot enic dot fr

I think it is the same problem as here :
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=24687

As zeev said, in the current zend2 you can't connect to a returned
value.

But it is really needed to unreference returned value, and you can do
it in most object oriented languages.

Here, we break a compatibilty with PEAR, Horde (and other projects I
guess). For now, I am waiting for a new version of PEAR, and then
Horde.

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[2003-07-27 07:16:27] stas@php.net

What is the meaning of returning result of new by reference?

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[2003-07-09 04:12:56] jsemczyk at elv dot enic dot fr

I have the same error, it seems like it comes from a function that must
return a reference, but objects are already references.

this doesn't work, but worked before beta1, I tried PEAR before beta1
and it uses lots of this :

function &myFunc()
{
    return new MyClass();
}

This works fine :

function myFunc()
{
    return new MyClass();
}

I don't understand why it comes from return (new Class()); cause it
doesn't work.

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[2003-07-03 07:09:44] karl at karlaustin dot com

Well from the text of that item it would suggest that doing:

return new object(); 

is fine, but:

return (new object());

is not fine, that's how it would seem to me as an end user.

 PEAR is ridled with returns like the one I list (Although IMHO it
should have only one return and assign return values to a variable then
return at the end, but that's another story).

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[2003-07-03 06:17:54] derick@php.net

Cause:
http://news.php.net/article.php?group=php.zend-engine.cvs&article=1432

I wonder if we really should break BC here...

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