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Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:00:19 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Reference Notice
From: robert@interjinn.com (Robert Cummings)

On Sun, 2005-07-17 at 19:52, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> Yes, we know there are still some issues here.  People are working on
> it.  Or there is at least intent to work on it.  See
> http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33643

Ahhh, very cool. Thanks.

Cheers,
Rob.


> Robert Cummings wrote:
> > I think the reference notice stuff is a bit ridiculous. I mean I can
> > understand the concern behind:
> > 
> >     function &foo()
> >     {
> >         return $fee.$fii;
> >     }
> > 
> > But I mean the following gives errors too which is a bit too anal
> > retentive even for my liking:
> > 
> >     function &foo()
> >     {
> >         $fee = 'bullshitBullshitBullshit';
> >     
> >         return $fee;
> >     }
> >  
> >     function &fee()
> >     {
> >         return foo();
> >     }
> >  
> >     fee();
> > 
> > Anyways my two cents. Seems moronic that I now need to worry about
> > stupid reference notices X levels deep in the code for functions that
> > I'm consuming. I gueeeeeeeeeeeeess I can assign return values EVERYWHERE
> > to temporary variables just to get rid of the notices, but really,
> > shouldn't the engine be happy enough returning references to it's own
> > intermediate variable? I mean, heck, the engine knows enough to print a
> > warning, it can do the work-- and a hell of a lot faster than developers
> > having to temporarily assign everything.
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