note 54112 added to language.oop.newref

Is it just me, or does this idea of new returning a copy by default seem counterintuitive? Indeed, this means that in order to be safe, I must ALWAYS use $a =& new whatever() when using someone else's library because they might have some hidden backreferences in the class. I come from a C++ and Java background, and the whole idea of not getting the same copy of an object as was available in the constructor (by default) just seems like an anthill waiting to happen. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop.newref.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54112 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54112&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54112&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54112&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54112&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54112&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54112&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54112&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php