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

I really think this is the only weird thing I did...except for using $array[index] instead of $array["index"], but that one already bit me in going to 3.0.12... --Joey Smith On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Thies C. Arntzen wrote: > 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. > > debugging code written that way must be an adventure! really, if we > decide to keep it or not - you should never depend on such undocumneted > things. so you're saying that you're using strlen as > "convert_to_string_and_return_size()" ? whoaaaa... > > there are minor incompatible things in 3<->4 (as noted) - but if your code > depends on this kind of stuff you'll have a hard time going to 4.0. > > hmmm, > tc > > > > > > I agree, it should _NOT_ have been happening, but bcz it did, I programmed > > around it...perhaps others did also... > > > > > > -- > > PHP 4 Beta > > > > > > > Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" > Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 > Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany > > > -- > PHP 4 Beta > >