Re: Unwrap reference after foreach

From: Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 16:00:21 +0000
Subject: Re: Unwrap reference after foreach
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> Le 13 août 2021 à 15:28, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Hi internals, > > I'd like to address a common footgun when using foreach by reference: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/foreach_unwrap_ref > > This addresses the issue described in the big red box at > https://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php. > While this is > "not a bug" (as our bug tracker can regularly attest), it's rather > unexpected, and we could easily avoid it... > > Regards, > Nikita A case that should be mentioned in the RFC is destructuring: ```php foreach ($foo as [ $x, &$y ]) { /* .... */ } ``` https://3v4l.org/A5Vi7 <https://3v4l.org/A5Vi7> I assume that the reference in $y would be unwrapped after the loop? —Claude

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