At 17:04 08.11.2002, Tim Molendijk spoke out and said:
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>Yes I know it is poor programming habits to do like I did... But I have a
>reason for it. I have quite a lot methods that accept objects *optional*. So
>f.e.:
>---
>class Product
>{
> var $language;
> function Product($language = FALSE)
> {
> $this->language = $language;
> }
>}
>---
>Now to make this possible it becomes impossible to do what you suggest:
>function Product(&$language = FALSE)
>is not allowed. And in my application this optional arguments functionality
>is very important. So I have preferred this over the decent habit.
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You might always simply omit the parameter when calling the function
(you'll get a notice about that if enabled). You just cannot pass constants:
function Product(&$language)
{
...
}
// ok, but gives a notice
Product();
// will fail
Product('ger');
If you keep your code like it is be warned that it may break with a future
version of PHP.
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>O Ernest E. Vogelsinger
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