Re: & performance issues

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > If it's faster, it's faster so that would suggest a performance gain... > but as many will tell you, and you most likely already know... is the > gain worth the effort? BTW, rote replacement of references like that, > may not be a good idea. There are times when you really do want a > reference to an object... or maybe not... but you or someone else might > have done it anyways ;) > im not sure if its worth the effort yet; thats sortof why im asking about it on the list. obviously ill risk introduction bugs, which obviously, i dont want to do... ill have to analyze the regression system as it stands. if its decent, i might be able to use it as a benchmark utility and to test for bugs after the mass conversion. Contrast: > <?php > > $b = new Foo(); > $a = &$b; > $a = new Fee(); > > ?> > > Versus: > <?php > > $b = new Foo(); > $a = $b; > $a new Fee(); > > ?> > > In the first $b references the instance of Fee since $a is a reference. > In the second, $b remains an instance of Foo when $a becomes and > instance of Fee. wow, thats a clever example. honestly, i dont think ive ever done that before myself... but clearly that doesnt mean others havent in this codebase. thanks for the insight. -nathan