Den 2017-12-06 kl. 20:49, skrev Nikita Popov:
Hi internals,I'd like propose optional support for explicitly marking by-reference argument passing at the call-site, in addition to the declaration-site: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/explicit_send_by_ref In short, while currently we have function byRef(&$ref) {...} byRef($var); this proposal would also allow function byRef(&$ref) {...} byRef(&$var); so that the use of by-reference passing is obvious without having to consult the function declaration. Regards, Nikita
I think this proposal has a good point about static analysers, not just about human readability. A good static analyser is very helpful for eg migration projects and if this proposal benefits that, it's a plus. Also using same syntax for references like in other parts of the language has a value. Now expressing the same thing in two different ways, with or without & is confusing, so I think one needs to think about if old syntax should be deprecated in 8.0. Has never used PHP 4, so not confused by old PHP 4 syntax but I guess for people on this list the percentage is higher... r//Björn -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
