Re: RFC: allow_call_pass_by_reference
| From: | Alexey Zakhlestin | Date: | Thu, 22 May 2008 08:05:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: RFC: allow_call_pass_by_reference | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:46 PM, LEW21 <lew21st@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sometimes call time pass by reference is useful, for example when you
> want to make it possible to omit an param (normally passed by
> reference) by setting null. With no call time pass by reference,
> programmers are required to write:
>
> $null = null;
> foo($null);
what stops you from declaring:
function someFunc(&$param = null)
{
}
it works just fine
> Deleting it isn't a good idea, it should become a normal (not
> deprecated) language feature.
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Alexey Zakhlestin
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