#50131 [NEW]: list() _does_ return a value

From: scribu at gmail dot com Operating system: PHP version: 5.2.11 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: list() _does_ return a value Description: ------------ In the docs, it is stated that list() doesn't return anything. However, this is simply not the case: list() returns the array it was given. Reproduce code: --------------- --- From manual page: function.list#Return Values --- var_dump(list($a) = array(1, 2)); Expected result: ---------------- NULL Actual result: -------------- array(2) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) } -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=50131&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=50131&r=mysqlcfg