From: marcus at gooseflesh dot de Operating system: Windos 2000 PHP version: 4.3.2 PHP Bug Type: Variables related Bug description: Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated
Description: ------------ I have really big problems with your newest change to php. having Call-time pass-by-reference has been deprecated without having objects passed-by-reference makes the usability of your language really impractical. example: function foo($var); // is by-value if you pass an object it will be copied. function foo(&$var); // is by-reference but you cannot pass null or a value. foo(17); // error foo(null); // error function foo(&$var = null); // error Because you have unsuitable method signiture overloading and now no call-time pass-by-reference an efficient way of designing applications or libraries in your language is now impossible. It's a pity. At the moment I don't feel like to finish my php projects. Marcus -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25006&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=25006&r=gnused
