Re: Bug #14539 Updated: Assigning null to reference has unexpected results.

On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 09:21:11PM -0000, jfrisby@mrjoy.com wrote : > Frankly this behavior is quite unintuitive and crude. I didn't > expect PHP references to behave like C pointers, but it would > be nice if they behaved similarly to references in other major > languages such as Java, and Perl. > > While the Unix filesystem analogy does clarify things, I think > it's a poor model that makes objects and references clumsy to > work with. If you have to explain "X will not do what you > expect", you should reconsider whether or not you've chosen the > optimal semantics. > > And another note: I would tend to think that objects (and > possibly arrays) would best be assigned by reference *by > default*, for both reasons of efficiency and expected > semantics. Thats the way ZE works and thats it. ZE2 changes most things you complain about. -- Please always Cc to me when replying to me on the lists.