# Get rid of the doc-ref stuff!!

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/54
- Original archive: https://news-web.php.net/php.internals/54
- Started by Jani Taskinen on 2003-03-15T01:16:52+00:00
- Messages: 2
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## #54 — Jani Taskinen — 2003-03-15T01:16:52+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/54#54

Instead of just disabling this stupid feature by default,
    can we PLEASE get rid of it? Not only it caused some
    interesting bugs (not saying out loud what bugs..), 
    it's also now polluting the bug database:
    
      http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=22719

    (there are others too but that was the most recent one which made
    me mad enough to write this email..)
    
    --Jani

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## #55 — Rasmus Lerdorf — 2003-03-15T02:07:04+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/54#55 · In reply to: #54

Aha, someone else is feeling the pain too now.  ;)
Obviously I agree with you.  I never saw the benefit of the docref stuff
and nobody has been able to explain why they are worth the pain they are
causing.

-Rasmus



>
>     Instead of just disabling this stupid feature by default,
>     can we PLEASE get rid of it? Not only it caused some
>     interesting bugs (not saying out loud what bugs..),
>     it's also now polluting the bug database:
>
>       http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=22719
>
>     (there are others too but that was the most recent one which made
>     me mad enough to write this email..)
>
>     --Jani