Re: Reference Notice

On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 19:52, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > Yes, we know there are still some issues here. People are working on > it. Or there is at least intent to work on it. See > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33643 Ahhh, very cool. Thanks. Cheers, Rob. > Robert Cummings wrote: > > 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. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'