Reference Notice
| From: | Robert Cummings | Date: | Sun, 17 Jul 2005 18:52:19 +0000 |
| Subject: | Reference Notice | ||
| Groups: | php.internals | ||
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I think the reference notice stuff is a bit ridiculous. I mean I can
understand the concern behind:
function &foo()
{
return $fee.$fii;
}
But I mean the following gives errors too which is a bit too anal
retentive even for my liking:
function &foo()
{
$fee = 'bullshitBullshitBullshit';
return $fee;
}
function &fee()
{
return foo();
}
fee();
Anyways my two cents. Seems moronic that I now need to worry about
stupid reference notices X levels deep in the code for functions that
I'm consuming. I gueeeeeeeeeeeeess I can assign return values EVERYWHERE
to temporary variables just to get rid of the notices, but really,
shouldn't the engine be happy enough returning references to it's own
intermediate variable? I mean, heck, the engine knows enough to print a
warning, it can do the work-- and a hell of a lot faster than developers
having to temporarily assign everything.
Cheers,
Rob.
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