Re: Re: PHP4.4 and return by ref

Lorenzo Alberton wrote: >Pierre-Alain Joye wrote: >>>So you're saying that PHP is broken again? >> >> In this case I better say that php is fixed, once. PHP is fixed, now my code is broken... Very kafkaesque. >it is fixed, but not completely: > >http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33558 At least you only had notices. I got a fatal error for "unconsciously" playing with return values : <http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33516> <http://golgote.freeflux.net/blog/archive/2005/06/30/getting-the-last-value-from -an-array.html> Obviously, it's easier to change the documentation to accomodate the code than the opposite. A little game, find the differences : - Today : <http://us2.php.net/end> - Last year : <http://web.archive.org/web/20040126084956/http://us2.php.net/end> What are the motivations behind such changes ? - Make users angry ? - Break old habits ? - Force developers to rewrite their code to PHP 5.1 and sell them a nice PHP 5.1 IDE and performance suite at the same time ? - Eat more memory ? - Make php code more readable ? Frankly, I have no idea about the motivation behind these changes. If anyone knows better, please share. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam