Re: svn: /phpdoc/en/trunk/reference/datetime/datetime/ add.xml modify.xml setdate.xml setisodate.xml settime.xml settimestamp.xml settimezone.xml
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Hi Derick: On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 03:50:36PM +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Tue, 4 May 2010, Daniel Convissor wrote: > > > Revision: > > http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=revision&revision=298971 > > > > Log: > > Procedural methods operate on object by reference. > > Uh? That's nonsense. They don't operator on a reference of the object. > Objects are not passed by a real reference here. While the C source code is not using references (I haven't looked, but I believe you), they sure act like they are. The object passed as the parameter gets modified. For example: $date = date_create(); date_date_set($date, 2001, 2, 3); echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d'); // 2001-02-03 It seems the documentaiton should cover behavior, not the internal technical structure. If people disagree, is there a better way to docment this? Thanks, --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409