$f = & f(); where function &f(){} deprecated?

21 years ago by Pierre-Alain Joye — view source — reply

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Hello,

I'm wondering if this syntax is deprecated or not:

function &f() {
return $foo;
}
$h = &f();

ideas?

pierre

21 years ago by Andi Gutmans — view source — reply

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It's not deprecated. However, in general it usually doesn't make sense to
use it for objects anymore.

Andi

At 01:26 AM 3/4/2004 +0100, Pierre-Alain Joye wrote:

Hello,

I'm wondering if this syntax is deprecated or not:

function &f() {
return $foo;
}
$h = &f();

ideas?

pierre