note 55249 added to functions.arguments

Does anybody know if passing by reference in PHP brings some relevant processing speed improvement? ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+55249 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55249&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55249&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55249&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55249&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55249&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+55249&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+55249&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php