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Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:00:37 +0200
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To: Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Explicit call-site send-by-ref syntax
From: nicolas.grekas+php@gmail.com (Nicolas Grekas)

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Le mar. 30 juil. 2019 =C3=A0 10:34, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>=
 a
=C3=A9crit :

> On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 at 07:14, Nicolas Grekas <nicolas.grekas@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I think enough time has passed since php4's call-by-ref for the syntax =
to
> > be
> > reused now. I think it's unfair to call the RFC a reminiscent of
> > call-by-ref BTW.
> >
>
>
> Firstly, please let's stop calling this a "PHP 4" feature. It was fully
> supported right up to 5.2, deprecated in 5.3, and only removed in 5.4.
>
> Secondly, I completely disagree that it's unfair to compare the two. The
> syntax being proposed in this RFC (& at both call-site and definition-sit=
e)
> was supported by versions prior to PHP 5.4. Those versions left it option=
al
> at either side, which was certainly a mistake; but it was perfectly
> possible (and probably common) for coding standards to require it in both
> locations.
>
> It might be a good idea to include a more thorough discussion of this
> history in the RFC.
>

Call-time pass-by-reference is deprecated since PHP 4.3.0 and triggers a
deprecation warning since then:
https://3v4l.org/MFXsJ

That's since Dec 2002.

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