Re: delete in PHP
| From: | Ferdinand Beyer | Date: | Tue, 01 Jun 2004 16:32:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: delete in PHP | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On 1 Jun 2004 at 16:50, Florian Schaper wrote:
> My version of delete works like the delete we know from C++. The
object's
> destructor and the object is then released immediately. All
references of
> this object are set to IS_NULL.
>
> Some might argue that this is a feature not worth having if you
have an
> garbage collector but I can think about a few uses.
There has been a heated discussion on this topic and the conclusion
was to drop delete. Please search the archives for pros and cons.
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Ferdinand Beyer
<fb@fbeyer.com>