Re: RE: PHP 4.0 Bug #6193 Updated: new object makes a shallow copy

AL>> you needn╢t, I╢ve just tried to show the POV of an intermediate PHP AL>> user, which possibly runs into this problem some day... Well, this POV is wrong. Maybe we should have a chapter in the manual called "What references *really* are" or "Mystery of references revealed" or something like this. AL>> It would be fine it there would be some way to possibly do this, if you This would require entirely different constructs, maybe called "pointers". Maybe PHP 5 will have them :) AL>> understand what I mean, despite all facts, I do understand the problem AL>> and if you really think it╢s unresolvable even after using brains with AL>> dimensions of planets I╢ll document it this way It's not solvable because it's not a PHP problem, it's "people think PHP is what it isn't" problem. Maybe, again, name "references" was unfortunate choice, but the only thing we can do now is to document it. If you volonteer to do it, you get all the cheers :) -- Stanislav Malyshev stas@zend.com +972-3-6139665 ext.106