$obj = new foo() patch

Guys, I have submitted a patch to the Zend Engine which is considered experimental. It is supposed to fix the problem with the $obj = new foo() statement when the constructor of foo() assigns $this by reference to other symbol table entries. Basically, the Zend Engine will explicitly assign new foo() by reference to $obj because this is pretty much the only thing which makes sense in this case. NOTE: If you do $obj2 = $obj1 = new foo(), "$obj2 = $obj1" will still assign by value and not by reference. This patch is only meant to fix this problematic bug which has about 5 entries in the bugs database. Please check it out. If there are any problems/concerns with this bug it is best to leave it out for 4.0.4 but it should not harm anyone's scripts. The following bugs are probably solved now: 6529, 6896, 7454, 7455, 7482 Anyway, please grab a fresh CVS tree and check that your OOP code still works :) Thanks! Andi --- Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/