Hi!

> I would rather discourage usage of references. Since PHP 7 the cost of
> breaking cow isn't as expensive anymore, but receiving values by value
> and returning by value is more idiomatic imo. Using objects can be more
> efficient.

Objects are kind of overkill when you just need a modifyable array. And
copying an array when you just need to add one value to a K-size array
is still not a good idea for many apps. O(n) vs O(n^2) still matters.
One should definitely be careful not to overuse refs, but there are
still valid cases for using them.

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Stas Malyshev
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