Hello Bob, in php 4 that prevents a useless copy after new (and dont't ask why). Since your stuff is php 5 only you should make that is_ref=0.
marcus Sunday, November 20, 2005, 6:55:49 PM, you wrote: > Looking through the source, there are a few extensions which create objects > internally and when they do this (usually with an instanciate method), they > typically set is_ref == 1. Like so: > > object_init_ex(object, class_entry); > object->refcount = 1; > object->is_ref = 1; > > > Why set the is_ref? Aren't objects treated as is_ref natively throughout the > engine? Or is this just old code from PHP 4 days that is still hanging > around? > > Thanks for the understanding. > > Bob Silva > Best regards, Marcus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php