Re: [PHP4BETA] return references branch merged into the main repository

On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Zeev Suraski wrote: > Andi and I finished working on the return references support in Zend. We > tested it a bit, and merged it into the main branch. > > To return a reference from a function, you must tag the function as a > function that returns a reference: > > function &foo($a, $b, $c) > { > ... > } > > However, $a = foo(...) will still not cause $a to be a reference to the > returned value (much like $a = $b, when $b is a reference, copies the value > of $b onto $a, and doesn't make $a to be a reference to $b). In order to > make $a be a reference to the returned value, you must use the notation: > > $a = &foo(); Can this be changed? This way you have to do double work of declaring function to return reference and remembering to use & when calling it. On the other hand, I guess it gives you flexibility of choosing whether the return value is really a reference. :) -Andrei Any sufficiently advanced Operating System is indistinguishable from Linux. - Jim Dennis