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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] Add bcdivmod to BCMath
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From: tim@bastelstu.be (=?UTF-8?Q?Tim_D=C3=BCsterhus?=)

Hi

On 6/30/24 17:31, Rob Landers wrote:
> - list() -- kinda

That is not a function.

> - array_shift(), array_pop(), etc.

These do not return by out-parameter. These return the value and modify 
the array by reference to remove the returned value.

> - preg_match*()

These only return supplementary data by an out-parameter. The main 
result ("does the RFC match") is returned regularly.

> - all the sorts
> 
These do not return anything, they modify the array in-place, which is 
something different than returning something.

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus