On 23/07/2014 13:01, Dan Ackroyd wrote: > Regarding the change in behaviour, I think the patch > https://bugs.php.net/patch-display.php?bug=67064&patch=bug67064-BC&revision=1402667581 > should definitely be applied. > > Currently the engine is doing magic stuff by modifying the parameters > that are passed to the function. i.e. you call count() with no > parameters and it arrives at the function with parameters. \o/ > > Even if that wasn't a BC break, having magic behaviour in a language > is very, very bad.
I agree, that's why I wrote the tiny patch in the first place ;) IMHO, the functionality as it is now breaks the principle of least surprise. Cheers -- Matteo Beccati Development & Consulting - http://www.beccati.com/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
