I don't see problem to allow modify the original object, once that you are doing it by using a new argument, and not the $this itself.
Em qui, 3 de set de 2020 08:49, Pedro Magalhães <m...@pmmaga.net> escreveu: > On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 7:41 PM Michael Voříšek - ČVUT FEL < > voris...@fel.cvut.cz> wrote: > > > do you have anything against updating PHP to pass "instance before > > cloned" to any __clone call from php? > > > > Yes, I think that allowing the original object to be modified by a cloning > operation could be the cause for a lot of confusion. If we had a proper way > to make it read-only I wouldn't mind, but as is, it doesn't sound like a > good idea. >