Am 08.12.2017 um 17:36 schrieb CHU Zhaowei:
On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 06:16 PM, "li...@rhsoft.net" <li...@rhsoft.net> wrote:
>
>and it's much bader to use a not so long existed syntax which was now
>changed to a fatal error - just type "php call-by-reference" in google
>
I know most people of this list using and contributing to PHP for a very
long time, but I want to point out that the old "call-time
pass-by-reference" was deprecated from php 5.3, which is more than 8
years ago
but PHP 5.4 where it changed ot be a fatal error is not that long ago
and will live many years because it's part of RHEL7
People with modern framework and tools are not troubled by
the old and already removed syntax. The real trouble is I cannot figure
out the parameter is passed by reference or value unless I go to the
defination of the method.
btw, I really googled "php call-by-reference", the latest page was post
on 2012, 5 years ago.
you can not because people don't use proper comments
myfunction /**&$var*/$x);
If you point is pass-by-reference is bad and stupid, then it's off-topic
and I suggest you should create a new RFC to abandon this feature. This
RFC is aimed at making things more clear for developers and static
analyzers
my main point was that if you don't make it mandatory it's worth nothing
and if you make it mandatory you need to bew aware that this not only
affects in PHP written function but also all calls to internal functions
which work wit references like sort() and so *a lot* of code written in
PHP needs to be touched
FRANKLY:
if you re-use the syntax and make it mandatoty it's terrible while adopt
code because all your existing code won't work with the next PHP version
and every adopted line no longer works with the current version because
it throws fatal errors
you also need to consider adoption of a future PHP version which likely
get a heavy impact with syntax changes where the same code has two
different meanings while both throw fatal errors in a older or in the
next one
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to make things clearer for developers comments where invented - see
above - and that most php developers don't wirte well commented and
readable code is a completly different story
static analyzers - well, i need yet to see one really useable for PHP
code, but that#s also a different story
the real issue:
if the long plan is to make the call syntax mandarory it still should
not re-use a syntax which was deprecated and removed years ago because
the fact you will find tons of stuff refer to the old one
it should really use something else and no re-use
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