Re: [PHP4BETA] Re: convert_to_string_ex is not the solution.

On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Joey wrote: > > > > i know a few people - including myself - who add a '&' here and there in > > my scripts to speed things up. and yes, i've got bitten by funtions that > > changed variable-types around without me expecting them to do so. > > > > > > If you _DO_ decide to change this behavior, it should definitely go into > the incompat list. I have actually used this as an undocumented feature... > by calling strlen() on something passed by ref., I programmed some thing > to then expect a str. > > I agree, it should _NOT_ have been happening, but bcz it did, I programmed > around it...perhaps others did also... Hmm, don't use undocumented features, they may change (you didn't program around it, rather, you relied on it...). We won't change it in a way that would enforce an incompatible behavior, but I'm really not sure why you used it...? Zeev -- ----------------------------------------------------- Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com> http://www.zend.com/ For a PGP public key, finger bourbon@netvision.net.il